Sac Unified School District Unanimously Votes in Favor of Transgender Policy
SACRAMENTO-
AB 1266, could face some hurdles on the state level.
Sacramento City Unified School District voted unanimously in favor of a transgender policy for students, 7-0.
This means about two dozen students can now use bathrooms, participate in sports and dress according to their gender identity.
“Stripping down to your undergarments with a guy right next to me, that’s not too comfortable, ” said Vera, a student in the district.
AB 1266, could face some hurdles on the state level.
“Six hundred nineteen thousand signatures have been collected against this 30,000 right here in Sacramento. It means the law won’t go into effect in January,” attorney Michael Faber said. “There could be a referendum and the law would be decided in November.”
The school board heard those against and those for the policy. Many of them personal stories of why the policy supporting transgender students should be put in
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