New Arkansas school bathroom law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The new law prohibits transgender people from using the restroom that uses their gender identity at public schools.
53% : Governor Sarah Huckabee (R-Ark.) signed a bill which applies to multi person restrooms and locker rooms in public, and charter schools from kindergarten, through the 12 grade.
53% : Representative Mary Bentley (R-Ark.), had sponsored the bill, and previously stated the importance of the safety, and privacy of the students in public schools.
50% : She had also previously enacted a law that prohibits classroom instruction on the subjects of gender identity and sexual orientation before the fifth grade.
45% : Arkansas has become the fourth state in the country to ban students at public school from using the bathroom, or locker room of their choice.

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