To align the rule with new legislative changes (HB 1521 – 2023) that prohibit a district policy that allows separation for any criteria other than biological sex at birth.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-10.086School Board and Charter School Governing Board Policies or Procedures for Parental Notification Regarding Designation of Bathrooms, Locker Rooms, and Dressing Rooms

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To align the rule with new legislative changes (HB 1521 – 2023) that prohibit a district policy that allows separation for any criteria other than biological sex at birth.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Access to restrooms, locker rooms, and dressing rooms by the opposite sex for which they were designated.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1000.05(6)(a), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1000.05(3), F.S.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: June 9, 2023, 9:30 a.m. ET, until the conclusion, not to exceed past 11:00 a.m. ET.

PLACE: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OWY0ZDI0MWMtOGJhMi00NTg4LWJmNzItOWQ1NGE1ZGRhOTRh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2263bf107b-cb6f-4173-8c1c-1406bb5cb794%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22adc285ab-f04d-47c6-b35e-ccb364e3fb6b%22%7d

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Randy Kosec, Jr., Chief, Office of Professional Practices Services, [e-mail]. To comment on this rule development or to request a rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, [phone] or email [e-mail].

 

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.