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On Friday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a law called The Tennessee Accommodations for All Children Act. The Bill will go into effect July 1, 2021, and clarifies and defines certain notions such as “sex” “changing facility” “reasonable accommodation” and “restroom” in order to protect children from being exposed to members of the opposite sex.
The legislation mandates “A public school shall provide a reasonable accommodation” to anyone who “for any reason, is unwilling or unable to use a multi-occupancy restroom or changing facility designated for the person’s sex and located within a public school building, or multi-occupancy sleeping quarters while attending a public school-sponsored activity.”
A person who wants the “reasonable accommodation” must also provide “a written request for a reasonable accommodation to the public school.” The House Bill 1233 specifically lays out definitions, such as:
“Reasonable accommodation’ includes, but is not limited to: access to a single-occupancy restroom or changing facility or use of an employee restroom or changing facility. A reasonable accommodation does not include access to a restroom or changing facility that is designated for use by members of the opposite sex while persons of the opposite sex are present or could be present.”
“Sex’ means a person’s immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth. Evidence of a person’s biological sex includes, but is not limited to, a government-issued identification document that accurately reflects a person’s sex listed on the person’s original birth certificate.”
Although groups such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have criticized that the bill may be discriminatory against the LGBTQ community, Lee’s purpose behind the bill refutes their claims. Prior to signing the Bill, Lee told the Chattanooga Times Free Press the bill “provides equal access to every student…It’s a reasonable accommodation, it allows for accommodation, it allows for accommodation for every single student regardless of their gender. I think that’s a smart approach to the challenge. And I’ll be signing that.”
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On Friday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed a law called The Tennessee Accommodations for All Children Act. The Bill will go into effect July 1, 2021, and clarifies and defines certain notions such as “sex” “changing facility” “reasonable accommodation” and “restroom” in order to protect children from being exposed to members of the opposite sex.
The legislation mandates “A public school shall provide a reasonable accommodation” to anyone who “for any reason, is unwilling or unable to use a multi-occupancy restroom or changing facility designated for the person’s sex and located within a public school building, or multi-occupancy sleeping quarters while attending a public school-sponsored activity.”
A person who wants the “reasonable accommodation” must also provide “a written request for a reasonable accommodation to the public school.” The House Bill 1233 specifically lays out definitions, such as:
“Reasonable accommodation’ includes, but is not limited to: access to a single-occupancy restroom or changing facility or use of an employee restroom or changing facility. A reasonable accommodation does not include access to a restroom or changing facility that is designated for use by members of the opposite sex while persons of the opposite sex are present or could be present.”
“Sex’ means a person’s immutable biological sex as determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth. Evidence of a person’s biological sex includes, but is not limited to, a government-issued identification document that accurately reflects a person’s sex listed on the person’s original birth certificate.”
Although groups such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) have criticized that the bill may be discriminatory against the LGBTQ community, Lee’s purpose behind the bill refutes their claims. Prior to signing the Bill, Lee told the Chattanooga Times Free Press the bill “provides equal access to every student…It’s a reasonable accommodation, it allows for accommodation, it allows for accommodation for every single student regardless of their gender. I think that’s a smart approach to the challenge. And I’ll be signing that.”