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Hartland board adopts limited restroom policy after legal concerns; wider proposal pared back
Summary
Trustees adopted an amended restroom/locker-room policy that marks facilities male, female or unisex and points to existing secondary-handbook procedures after administrators warned broader language could violate Michigan law.
Following a lengthy and at times heated debate, the Hartland Consolidated Schools Board on Dec. 16 adopted a narrowed bathroom and locker-room policy after administrators and board counsel raised legal concerns about broader provisions.
Trustee Michelle Blondeel originally proposed a more prescriptive policy that would have tied restroom access to birth-certificate designation and included mandatory procedures for locker-room use. In debate, administrators and others said Michigan law — specifically references to…
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