Pennsylvania School District Votes for Gender-specific Restrooms Amid Title IX Changes

BUCKS COUNTY, PA.- A school district in Pennsylvania has recently implemented a policy that will provide separate restrooms for pupils and teaching members, based on their gender identity.

Biological male and biological female restrooms will be designated by the Pennridge School District in Bucks County. Additionally, the district will label bathrooms as faculty-used.

Additionally, they will allocate bathrooms for those who identify as male, in addition to bathrooms that are designated for individuals who identify as female.

The school system will also provide pupils, regardless of their identification, with bathrooms that are only used for a single use.

In favor of enacting these toilet improvements, the vote was tight, with 5-4 in favor of doing so.

Following the revamp of Title IX that was carried out by the Biden Administration, this decision was made in response to the fact that the prior bathroom regulation was deemed to be discriminatory and in violation of Title IX.

As of the first of August, these newly enacted regulations will be in effect.