Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6E - Commission for Independent Education › Chapter 6E-7 - DESIGNATION OF RESTROOMS AND CHANGING FACILITIES IN COMMISSION FOR INDEPENDENT EDUCATION INSTITUTION FACILITIES › Section 6E-7.001 - Designation of Restrooms and Changing Facilities in Private Postsecondary Educational Institutions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Purpose. The
				purpose of this rule is to provide requirements regarding restroom and changing
				facilities at colleges and universities licensed by the Commission for
				Independent Education and at institutions not under the jurisdiction or purview
				of the commission, as identified in s.
				1005.06
				(1)(b)-(f), Florida Statutes (F.S.) pursuant
				to s. 553.865, F.S.
(2) Compliance. Colleges and universities
				licensed by the Commission for Independent Education, and institutions not
				under the jurisdiction or purview of the commission, as identified in s.
				1005.06(1)(b)-(f),
				F.S., must comply with all applicable requirements of s.
				553.865, F.S., and update
				policies and procedures pertaining to the use of restrooms and changing
				facilities by males or females based on biological sex at birth. This includes,
				but is not limited to, the following:
(a)
				That restrooms are designated for exclusive use by males or females, as defined
				s. 553.865(3),
				F.S., or that there is a unisex restroom.
(b) That changing facilities are designated
				for exclusive use by males or females, as defined in s.
				553.865(3),
				F.S., or that there is a unisex changing facility.
(c) That disciplinary policies for
				administrative personnel and instructional personnel have been established that
				comply with s. 553.865(9)(d),
				F.S.
(d) That the student handbook,
				disciplinary procedures, and code of conduct have been updated according to s.
				553.865(9)(a),
				F.S.
(e) That the employee
				handbook, disciplinary procedures, and code of conduct have been updated
				according to s. 553.865(9)(d),
				F.S.
(f) That the student and
				employee handbooks, disciplinary procedures, and codes of conduct provide
				notice to students, administrative personnel, instructional personnel, security
				personnel and law enforcement personnel of the right to file a complaint with
				the Attorney General alleging that the college, university, or institution not
				under the purview of the commission, as identified in s.
				1005.06(1)(b)-(f),
				F.S., has failed to meet the minimum requirements for restrooms and changing
				facilities under ss. 553.865(4) and
				(5), F.S.
(g) That procedures have been established for
				when any person, not a student or administrative personnel or instructional
				personnel, improperly enters a restroom or changing facility designated for the
				opposite sex on the premises of a college or university licensed by the
				Commission for Independent Education, or on the premises of an institution not
				under the purview of the commission, as identified in s.
				1005.06(1)(b)-(f),
				F.S., and refuses to depart when asked to do so by administrative personnel,
				instructional personnel, security personnel, or law enforcement
				personnel.