Pascack Valley Board Approves Transgender Bathroom Policy: Report

HILLSDALE, N.J. — The Pascack Valley Regional High School Board approved a policy Monday that protects the rights of transgender students, The Record reported.

The vote was 6-1 in favor of the policy.

The policy allows transgender students to use locker rooms or restrooms based on their "consistently asserted" gender identity.

The policy also requires school staff to address transgender students using names and pronouns based on a student's gender identity. Students may also dress according to their asserted gender identity.

Several other New Jersey school districts have enacted similar policies.

The board tabled a vote on the policy in February because parents and other residents expressed concerns about it.

The Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal aid group, threatened to use the district over the policy, according to previously published reports.

Photo: Patch file photo of a sign outside a transgender bathroom.