Arkansas Bans Transgender Bathroom Policies in Public Schools
"Arkansas isn't going to rewrite the rules of biology just to please a handful of far-left advocates."
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill into law this week that bans the use of multi-person, single-sex bathroom and locker room facilities for members of the opposite sex as part of her ongoing conservative reform efforts in public schools.
The law applies to public and charter schools serving kindergarten through 12th grade, and requires that schools provide accommodations for single-person restrooms and changing areas, Reuters notes.
"The governor has said she will sign laws that focus on protecting and educating our kids, not indoctrinating them and believes our schools are no place for the radical left's woke agenda," Sanders spokeswoman Alexa Henning told the outlet in a statement.
"Arkansas isn't going to rewrite the rules of biology just to please a handful of far-left advocates."
Sanders, who was sworn into office in January, has made education reform her top priority, and she has also taken precise aim at issues like transgender ideology and other far-left, secular ideologies being taught in public schools.
On her first day in office, she signed an executive order banning critical race theory, which falls under the broader academic umbrella as gender theory.
Earlier this month, Sanders also signed the first legislation of its kind in the nation that provides universal school choice for Arkansas students and parents.