Dist. 211's specifies its actions on transgender student
Palatine Schaumburg District 211 released its answers to frequently asked questions, which is posted in its entirety at dailyherald.com/more. Here are excerpts from that FAQ:
Q: What actions must the District take as a result of the Resolution Agreement?
A: The District will take each of the following actions:
• Engage a consultant expert in child and adolescent gender identity.
• Based on the representation of the student who brought the complaint that the student will use private changing stations in the locker room, provide the student access to the locker room facility consistent with the students' gender identity.
• Provide private changing stations and other privacy alternatives for use by any student.
• If requested, provide a support team to the individual student who brought the complaint.
• Revise the District's nondiscrimination notice to provide additional information.
Q: Will this Resolution Agreement require specific locker room access for all transgender students in District 211?
A: No. The Resolution Agreement pertains to one student in District 211 - the student who filed the original complaint with the Office for Civil Rights.
Q: Will this Resolution Agreement require specific locker room access for transgender students in all school districts throughout the state and nation?
A: No. The Resolution Agreement pertains to one student in District 211 and does not extend to other students in District 211 or to other school districts.
Q: Will transgender students be allowed unrestricted access to the locker room of their identified gender?
A: No. Any transgender student granted access to the locker room of their identified gender will utilize a private changing station when changing clothes or showering.
Q: When will the access to the locker room by the transgender individual take place and actually begin?
A: Access will be provided by Friday, January 15, 2016.
Q: Will the District provide a parent notice if a transgender student is in the locker room with his or her son or daughter?
A: The District will not single out a transgender student and will not make any special notice to parents or students as to whether a transgender student is scheduled to be in the locker room during a particular period of the school day.
Q: How long will OCR be involved with the District surrounding this matter?
A: OCR will receive updates from the District, and both parties anticipate that OCR will continue its monitoring of the information provided by the District until June 2017.