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Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-2-802

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this part:

(1) “Changing facility” means an area in which a person may be in a state of undress in the presence of others, including a locker room, changing room, or shower room;

(2) “Reasonable accommodation” includes, but is not limited to, access to a single-occupancy restroom or changing facility or use of an employee restroom or changing facility. “Reasonable accommodation” does not include the following:

(A) Access to a restroom or changing facility that is designated for use by members of the opposite sex while members of the opposite sex are present or could be present;

(B) Requesting that a school construct, remodel, or in any way perform physical or structural changes to a school facility; or

(C) Requesting that a school limit access to a restroom or changing facility that is designated for use by members of the opposite sex, if limiting access results in a violation of state or local building codes or standards;

(3) “Restroom” means a facility that includes one (1) or more toilets or urinals; and

(4) “Sex” has the same meaning as defined in § 1-3-105(c).

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