I. PURPOSE

To establish procedures and guidelines for schools to ensure that all students, including gender-expansive and transgender students experience a safe, supportive, and inclusive school environment.

All students have a right to privacy in Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) facilities or while participating in FCPS sponsored events. Any student who has a need or desire for increased privacy, regardless of the underlying reason, shall be provided with reasonable, non-stigmatizing accommodations. Students shall not disclose private information about another student's reason for seeking privacy. Additionally, school personnel should not disclose information about a student’s gender-expansive or transgender status, legal name, or sex assigned at birth, including to other school personnel who do not have a need to know, unless the student has authorized such disclosure, or unless legally required to do so as further outlined below.