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Gender-neutral bathrooms and access to ethnic studies classes are two of the new laws affecting California schools
A gender-neutral bathroom law, Assembly Bill 1732, was one of many measures with an effect on education that Gov. Jerry Brown signed during the legislative session that ended Friday. Starting next March, any one-toilet bathroom in a California school — or in any other government building, public place or business — will have to be designated as all-gender, open to anyone. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times

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