Effective date: 04/18/2024
Under the Florida Safety in Private Spaces Act, Fl. Stat. § 553.865, a person may only enter a restroom or changing facility on the school’s premises that is designated for the person’s biological sex at birth or that is designated as a unisex restroom or changing facility, except that a person may enter a restroom or changing facility on the school’s premises that is designated for the opposite of the person’s biological sex at birth only under the following circumstances: (a) To accompany a person of the opposite sex for the purpose of assisting or chaperoning a child under the age of 12, an elderly person, or a person with a disability or a developmental disability; (b) For law enforcement or governmental regulatory purposes; (c) For the purpose of rendering emergency medical assistance or to intervene in any other emergency situation where the health or safety of another person is at risk; (d) For custodial, maintenance, or inspection purposes, provided that the restroom or changing facility is not in use; or (e) If the appropriate designated restroom or changing facility is out of order or under repair and the restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex contains no person of the opposite sex. Any school instructor, administrator, or employee who willfully enters a restroom or changing facility on the school’s premises in violation of this provision and refuses to depart when asked to do so by any administrative personnel, faculty member, security personnel, or law enforcement personnel shall be subject to disciplinary action by the school, including, but not limited to, warning, probation, suspension, or termination.