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N.Y. Education Law § 409-m: Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities

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  1. Education Law
  2. Title 1. General Provisions Article 1 Short Title and Definitions (§§
  3. Article 9. School Buildings and Sites

§ 409-m. Gender neutral single-occupancy bathroom facilities. The

board of education or trustees of every school district or, in the case

of the city school district of New York, the chancellor, and every board

of cooperative educational services, charter school and nonpublic school

within the state shall develop policies and procedures requiring that

all single-occupancy bathroom facilities are designated as gender

neutral for use by no more than one occupant at a time or for family or

assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom facilities shall be clearly

designated by the posting of such on or near the entry door of each

facility. For purposes of this section, "single-occupancy bathroom"

shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdivision one of

section one hundred forty-five of the public buildings law.

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