Public schools; reasonable accommodation based on biological sex required, civil cause of action.

The bill also requires such school principal to issue a written decision approving or denying the request for reasonable accommodation and, if denying the request, state the grounds for such denial in the written decision. The bill also provides (a) an opportunity for any student, teacher, or employee whose written request for reasonable accommodation is denied by a school principal to appeal the denial to the school board in accordance with the procedures set forth in the bill and (b) an opportunity for any student, teacher, or employee whose appeal of the principal's denial is denied by the school board to request an impartial hearing conducted by an impartial hearing officer to appeal the school board's decision in accordance with the procedures set forth in the bill. Finally, the bill creates a civil cause of action for any student, teacher, or employee who (1) as a result of the school or school board intentionally allowing a member of the opposite sex to enter a multi-occupancy bathroom or changing facility designated for such student's, employee's, or teacher's biological sex while other persons are present, encounters a member of the opposite sex while in such bathroom or facility or (2) is required by the public school to share sleeping quarters during a school-sponsored activity with a member of the opposite sex, unless such member of the opposite sex is a family member.