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Transgender student information
Bellefonte Area School District believes it has a responsibility to provide a safe and nondiscriminatory environment for all students. The district also believes it has a responsibility to provide information and resources to broaden the knowledge and deepen the understanding of issues that affect our staff, students and community.
Please see slideshow below created and presented to the school board by former Superintendent Michelle Saylor and Principal Jen Brown (June 28, 2016)
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Resources
Law
- Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act
- Violence Against Women Act
- Equal Protection Clause
- First Amendment
- Due Process Clause
- Equal Access Act (applies to schools that receive federal funding)
- Title IX
- Pennsylvania Transgender Student Rights Act (House Bill 303)
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
*Federal guidance, although not law, this directive and associated guidance, if not complied with, can result in loss of federal funds
Athletics
- NCAA: Transgender athletic policy
- PIAA: Transgender policy (page 116)
High-profile court cases
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (2015) Township High School
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (2015) Downey Unified SD (California)
- Grimm v. Gloucester County Schools (Virginia)
- Delaware Valley SD (OCR Case Number 03141056)
Other
- Transcentral Pennsylvania
- Transgender Equity Map
- Schools in Transition (A guide for supporting transgender students in K-12)
- NCAA (Inclusion of transgender student athletes)
- Department of Education (Examples of policies and emerging practices for supporting transgender students)
- PSU Policy AD 85
