New York S 7489: Provides for temporary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements related to the multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms; and authorizes funding for related improvements

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S07489 Summary:

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Provides for temporary exemptions to educational institutions from certain requirements related to the use of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms; authorizes the use of state building aid for related facility improvements.

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BILL NOS07489 

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04/17/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7489

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 17, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to provide for temporary exemptions to educational institutions
 from certain requirements related to the use of multi-occupancy bath-
 rooms and locker rooms; and to authorize the use of state building aid
 for related facility improvements

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to
 2 ensure that all students in New York State educational institutions have
 3 access to private, inclusive, and comfortable bathroom and locker room
 4 facilities. This act provides that all educational institutions in the
 5 state of New York shall be exempt from the requirement to permit the use
 6 of multi-occupancy bathrooms and locker rooms until such facilities are
 7 converted, renovated, or newly constructed to ensure a private, inclu-
 8 sive, and comfortable environment for all students.
 9 § 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this act, the following terms
 10 shall have the following meanings:
 11 (a) "Educational institution" means any public school district, char-
 12 ter school, board of cooperative educational services, or other entity
 13 authorized to provide kindergarten through twelfth grade public educa-
 14 tion in the state.
 15 (b) "Multi-occupancy bathroom or locker room" means a facility
 16 designed for simultaneous use by more than one individual and customar-
 17 ily designated for use based on gender.
 18 (c) "Private, inclusive, and comfortable space" means a bathroom or
 19 locker room facility designed to allow all students access to privacy
 20 and inclusivity regardless of gender identity or expression, including
 21 but not limited to single-occupancy or individually partitioned spaces.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11678-01-5

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 1 (d) "Transgender" means a person whose gender identity differs from
 2 the gender identity typically associated with the sex they were assigned
 3 at birth.
 4 § 3. Temporary exemption. (a) All educational institutions in the
 5 state shall be temporarily exempt from any state-imposed requirement
 6 pursuant to subdivision four of section two hundred ninety-six of the
 7 executive law related to allowing unrestricted use of multi-occupancy
 8 bathrooms and locker rooms by transgender students until such time as
 9 the relevant facilities are converted, renovated, or newly constructed
 10 to provide private, inclusive, and comfortable spaces for all students.
 11 (b) This exemption shall remain in effect for each institution until
 12 the completion of the necessary facility modifications as described in
 13 subdivision (a) of this section.
 14 § 4. Funding. (a) School districts and other educational institutions
 15 shall be eligible for state building aid pursuant to subdivision six of
 16 section three thousand six hundred two of the education law to support
 17 the costs of converting, renovating, or constructing bathroom and locker
 18 room facilities to provide private, inclusive, and comfortable spaces
 19 for all students.
 20 (b) The commissioner of education shall provide guidance on eligible
 21 expenses and procedures for obtaining state building aid for such
 22 purposes.
 23 § 5. Severability clause. If any provision of this act or its applica-
 24 tion to any