Alaska school districts advised to adopt transgender policies

The Southwest Region School Board took up the new non-discrimination policy at a December meeting. (KDLG photo)
School restrooms and locker rooms have become legal battlegrounds recently as courts in the Lower 48 puzzle over how schools should treat students who don’t identify with the gender they were assigned at birth.
Now, two statewide education organizations are trying to equip Alaska school districts with policies regarding transgender students.
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