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“I would hope that when Elizabeth gets to that point, she’d have the same rights as any other girl,” Frank said.
The guidelines issued in May told public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity. The directive required public schools to grant bathroom access even if the student’s gender identity isn’t the same as what’s in the student’s record. It threatened that schools could lose federal funds if they did not comply.
Springfield City Schools and several other Clark County districts said when the Obama administration issued its directive that they plan to continue reviewing each situation as it comes up.
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“We’ve worked on a case-by-case basis, so we just work with them individually… to work out a solution,” SCSD Superintendent Bob Hill said. “Letting the student choose which restroom feels most appropriate and most comfortable while at the same time respecting the privacy of other individuals.”
The district has not had any complaints about solutions reached in the past, Hill said, but there is no set policy in place about transgender students’ use of bathrooms. Under any new order by President Trump, the district has no plans to change what they’ve been doing, Hill said.
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