Post by Logan on May 14, 2016 10:41:05 GMT -6
NC schools already comply with federal bathroom directive, official says
WASHINGTON -- A new federal directive on how schools should accommodate the bathroom needs of transgender students sent North Carolina school officials scrambling Friday to determine whether their districts are in compliance.
North Carolina education Superintendent June Atkinson told McClatchy the state’s public schools are already following the federal equality guidelines, which were handed down to districts across the country Friday.
Interviews with local school officials indicated that was true in at least some North Carolina districts. In Wake County schools, for example, transgender students are able to use the bathrooms that match their gender identities in most instances.
It was less clear elsewhere, though school officials said they were confident they were in compliance.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article77568422.html
WASHINGTON -- A new federal directive on how schools should accommodate the bathroom needs of transgender students sent North Carolina school officials scrambling Friday to determine whether their districts are in compliance.
North Carolina education Superintendent June Atkinson told McClatchy the state’s public schools are already following the federal equality guidelines, which were handed down to districts across the country Friday.
Interviews with local school officials indicated that was true in at least some North Carolina districts. In Wake County schools, for example, transgender students are able to use the bathrooms that match their gender identities in most instances.
It was less clear elsewhere, though school officials said they were confident they were in compliance.
Read more here: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article77568422.html