At its Jan. 14 meeting, the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach elected Kathleen Brown as chair and Carolyn Weems as vice chair. Brown has served on the School Board for two years and Weems for 22 years.
Use of restrooms, locker rooms and changing facilities 5-44.2
School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Regulation 5-44.2
STUDENTS
Use of restrooms, locker rooms and changing facilities
Students are entitled to be safe in and use restrooms, locker rooms, and changing facilities without harassment, discrimination, fear, or intimidation.
- Restrooms
Students will use the restrooms that correspond to the student’s sex as designated in the student’s official record, unless state or federal law require modifications. Where law requires such modification, no student will be required to share restrooms and may use single-user restrooms or other reasonable alternatives. All students will have access to single-user restrooms and will not be required to have permission to access such facilities. Menstrual supplies shall be available in accessible locations in elementary schools and in restrooms of each middle and high school.
- Locker rooms and changing facilities
Students will use locker rooms and changing facilities that correspond to the student’s sex as designated in the student’s official record. Should state or federal law require that students be allowed to use locker rooms and changing facilities other than by the student’s sex as designated in the student’s official record, reasonable accommodations will be provided for the student. Where law requires such modification, no student will be required to share locker rooms or changing facilities and may request other reasonable alternatives.
Legal Reference
Code of Virginia § 2.2-3900, et seq., as amended. Virginia Human Rights Act.
Code of Virginia § 22.1-6.1, as amended. Menstrual supplies; availability; public elementary, middle, and high schools.
Code of Virginia § 22.1-23.3, as amended. Treatment of transgender students; policies.
Virginia Department of Education Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools (2020), as amended.
Adopted by Superintendent: September 28, 2021
Revised by School Board: October 10, 2023