Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office announced Friday it has notified Austin ISD of a citizen complaint via a state tip line alleging a violation of Senate Bill 8, also known as the Women’s Privacy Act or the “bathroom bill.”
In his statement, Paxton said Austin ISD and Austin High School were aware that a student used a restroom that was not consistent with their sex at birth. The state policy, which went into effect in December, limits transgender people’s use of public bathrooms in government buildings.
Texas is among more than a dozen states to have passed bathroom bills limiting transgender people’s use of bathrooms that align with the gender with which they identify. The measures have become one of the most contentious fronts in the state’s ongoing fight over how schools handle gender identity and transgender student rights…