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Superintendent presents SB 8 locker-room regulation, warns of fines for noncompliance
Summary
Superintendent Chris Yeschke presented an administrative regulation implementing Texas Senate Bill 8 on sex-designated locker rooms, including coach-entry safeguards and emergency exceptions; the district distributed a 'Visiting Team Quick Guide' and noted potential fines of $10,000–$25,000 for violations.
Superintendent Chris Yeschke presented the district's administrative regulation implementing Texas Senate Bill 8, which requires sex-designated locker rooms based on biological sex at birth. He described several safeguards included in the regulation: opposite-sex coaches may enter team locker rooms only during designated coaching times (pre-contest, halftime, post-contest), entry must be announced by same-sex staff or a team captain and staff must ensure students are fully clothed, and opposite-sex coaches are to remain in main open areas when not on coaching duties.
Yeschke said emergency exceptions permit any staff to enter a locker room for medical emergencies, safety threats, or law enforcement matters, and that parents, boosters, and volunteers may enter only when locker rooms are unoccupied. He told the board the regulation was developed using TASB guidance, reviewed by district legal counsel and that a one-page "Visiting Team Quick Guide" will be distributed to visiting schools. He warned that the first fine for noncompliance could range from $10,000 to $25,000.
The board did not take a formal vote on this administrative regulation during the meeting; the presentation constituted the district's administrative implementation steps and informational guidance to staff and visiting teams.
