“How do we hold these school board representatives accountable when you can’t vote on their appointment?” said Robert Barnette, president of the Virginia NAACP.
The proposed policy would have transgender and non-binary students apply to the school board to be granted permission to use a different bathroom or locker room.
The Hanover County School Board will begin weighing a new draft policy Tuesday outlining if and when transgender students in the district can access school bathrooms that align with their gender identity.
The Superintendent of Hanover County Public Schools in Virginia apologized Wednesday after the district distributed a logo that resembled a Nazi Swastika.