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Dublin schools prepare to implement Senate Bill 104; board hears first reading of revised bathroom policy
Summary
Superintendent said the district will begin implementing Senate Bill 104 immediately and staff will consult families; the board received a streamlined policy (5.113.01) for first reading with administrative guidelines to follow and a capacity resolution to determine interdistrict enrollment planned for March.
The Dublin City (Regular School District) Board of Education heard that the district will begin implementing Senate Bill 104 “tomorrow” and received a first reading on a substantially rewritten bathroom and student privacy policy.
Superintendent Dr. Marschhausen said the district is "implementing tomorrow Senate Bill 104, which is the bathroom bill," and thanked administrators and counselors for engaging with students and families on required changes. He said the district is preparing a "parents' bill of rights" policy and will place that policy on first reading at a future meeting.
Dr. Marschhausen discussed a federal "dear colleague" letter urging an end to DEI activities in K–12 and higher education by a stated Friday deadline, but cautioned the letter is not law. "The dear colleague letter is not a law," he said, and explained that the U.S. Department of Education typically issues guidance that state departments then interpret; the district would wait for formal guidance from the U.S. Department of Education and Ohio Department of Education before making determinations.
Dr. Schwanke, speaking on behalf of the Department of Academics and Student Learning, presented a first reading of a revised board policy numbered 5.113.01. He said the prior policy was "cumbersome and long and confusing to our families," and the administration significantly simplified it, moving detailed procedures into administrative guidelines. Because the board must also adopt a capacity resolution at the first March meeting — a calculation that determines school capacities and influences interdistrict enrollment — the policy was brought forward now as a "stand-alone" first read so both items can return for action at the March meeting.
Because this was a first reading, no board action was taken on policy 5.113.01 at the meeting. The district said it remains committed to services for students with disabilities and 504 plans while implementing policy changes.
