{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-31-301","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 63G-31-301","heading":"Sex-designated privacy spaces in public schools.","body":"(1) To preserve the individual privacy of male and female students in the public education system, a student may only access an operational sex-designated privacy space within a public school that is designated for student use if the student's sex corresponds with the sex designation of the privacy space.\n(2) For a student who makes a request to use a privacy space other than the sex-designated privacy space that corresponds with the student's sex because of the student's gender identity, as defined in Section 34A-5-102, or reasonable fear of bullying, the local education agency, as defined in Section 53E-1-102, shall coordinate with the student's parent or legal guardian to develop a privacy plan that provides the student with:\n(a)\n(i) reasonable access to a unisex or single-occupant facility; or\n(ii) reasonable access to a faculty or staff restroom; or\n(b) if the access described in Subsection (2)(a) is unavailable, reasonable access to private use of an otherwise sex-designated privacy space through staggered scheduling or another policy provision that provides for temporary private access.\n(3) An LEA satisfies the LEA's duties regarding student use of a privacy space under this chapter if the LEA:\n(a) gives notice to students of the provisions of this section;\n(b) takes administrative action to address violations of and promote compliance with this section; and\n(c) develops a privacy plan in accordance with Subsection (2).\n(4) An individual may use, as a defense to an allegation that the student is not eligible to access and use a sex-designated privacy space under Subsection (1), the student's unamended birth certificate that corresponds with the sex designation of privacy space, which may be supported with a review of any amendment history obtained under Section 26B-8-125.\n(5) Subsection (1) does not apply to:\n(a) a unisex or single-occupant facility; or\n(b) an intersex individual.","path":["Title 63G General Government","Chapter 63G-31 Distinctions on the Basis of Sex","Part 63G-31-3 Sex-based Distinctions in Privacy Spaces"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter31/63G-31-S301.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"2f438a9351f25697be32f176fde7a4678c1522f6f6caba87011928b774494b4f","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-31-204","next":"us-ut/utah-code-63g-31-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}