Kansas state representative drafts proposal on transgender students

Kansas House Republican Rep. John Whitmer of Wichita says he has drafted a proposal that would prevent transgender students from using school bathrooms that do not match their birth genders. Whitmer said he didn’t plan to push for a debate during the Legislature’s upcoming special session unless Democrats seek to amend an education funding bill.

Whitmer told The Wichita Eagle “If the Dems start trying to muck us up, then I’ll do the same.”

Lawmakers convene June 23 to address a state Supreme Court order to make the school finance system fairer to poor school districts or risk school shutdowns after June 30.

Whitmer said his proposal would encourage schools to create gender neutral bathrooms.

Democratic Rep. John Carmichael of Wichita said it would be irresponsible of legislators to delay an education funding solution with a dispute over bathrooms.

Whitmer previously pushed for the house to pass a resolution against the Obama administration’s bathroom directive in late May.

Information from: The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle, http://www.kansas.com
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