SB 5766-S - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 1/19/18)

Requires each school district to: (1) Adopt or amend a transgender student policy and procedure that includes addressing discriminatory harassment of transgender students and that incorporates, at a minimum, the model transgender student policy and procedure created by the state school directors' association;

(2) Share the policy with parents or guardians, students, volunteers, and school employees; and

(3) Designate one person in the district as the primary contact regarding the transgender student policy.

Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Develop a statewide training class for those people who act as the primary contact regarding the antiharassment, intimidation, or bullying policy; and

(2) In collaboration with the department of health and the department of social and health services, review and align the questions in the healthy youth survey with the model transgender student policy and procedure created by the state school directors' association the next time these questions are reviewed.