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Trustees question $3,700 hygiene dispenser charge and legal guidance after Title IX rule vacatur cited
Summary
A trustee drew the board's attention to a $3,700 charge for feminine-hygiene dispensers and a letter citing a federal vacatur of the 2024 Title IX rule; staff responded that Assembly Bill 367 (California law) requires dispensers and that policies will be reviewed with legal counsel.
A trustee raised a line-item charge of about $3,700 for feminine-hygiene dispensers and handed trustees a letter saying a U.S. district court had vacated the 2024 Title IX rule nationwide. The trustee asked whether the district should be installing dispensers in boys' restrooms if federal guidance had changed.
The superintendent and other trustees responded that Assembly Bill 367 — a California statute referenced in the packet — is the operative law requiring dispensers and that Williams monitoring had required and confirmed the dispensers in district facilities. "The law regarding the feminine hygiene is Assembly Bill 3 67. So it's not title 9," one trustee said. Staff emphasized the district would review draft policies from CSBA and have legal counsel confirm compliance with federal and state law before finalizing policy updates.
Trustees agreed to delay formal policy approvals until staff could research the interplay between the court ruling and state statutes and report back, while maintaining current compliance measures required by state law and monitoring.
