A Florida school district plans to implement a policy that strictly requires students to use bathrooms based on their biological gender, according to reports.
Fox station WTVT in Tampa reported that Pasco County Superintendent of Schools Kurt Browning announced the new policy during a school board meeting Tuesday night.
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“As the board is aware, during winter break, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit… issued its ruling in the case of Drew (Adams) v. St. Johns County School Board,” Browning said during the meeting. “The full appeals court reversed the trial court’s decision, which has been the controlling law until this new decision was handed down.”
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The policy change comes as the debate over diversity, inclusion and school bathrooms continues to garner support and opposition from all sides.
Once the announcement was made Tuesday, LGBTQ advocates were quick to criticize the decision, while conservative and church groups supported it, WTVT reported.
Pasco County Schools officials plan to require students to use the bathroom associated with their biological sex.
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Until the announcement, the school district would not adopt a rule requiring students to use the restrooms based on their biological sex.
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The Tampa Bay Times reported that Browning said transgender students could still request accommodations of a single-stall private bathroom.
“I’m going to do what I’ve always said I’m going to do, which is follow the law. The 11th Circuit changed the law,” Browning told the Tampa Bay Times. “It would be disingenuous of us to use the St. Johns case for the past five years and not use the 11th Circuit case as the basis for our decision-making.”
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Browning told school principals in an email Tuesday that he planned to update the district’s rules on the matter.
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The school district posts its agendas on its website and the topic was not included on the discussion list. Instead, according to the Tampa Bay Times, Browning mentioned the rule change early in the meeting, just before public comment.
Browning did not immediately respond to questions from Fox News Digital about the new policy.
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As of Wednesday night, the meeting has not been posted on the district website.
