Overview
- Paxton, whose second letter is dated Friday, cites a new complaint that a student used a girls’ restroom at the AISD Performing Arts Center during an April 2 UIL event, which he says involved the same student named in a January complaint.
- The attorney general asks for copies of district policies, logs of SB 8 complaints, records of meetings with the student and parents, and a plan detailing steps to prevent repeat violations.
- Austin ISD replied to a March notice asserting compliance, but Paxton says the district did not supply the requested policy documents.
- Texas Senate Bill 8 requires public schools and other government buildings to restrict multi-stall restrooms, locker rooms, and similar spaces by sex assigned at birth, with narrow exemptions for emergencies, cleaning, law enforcement, assistance, and children age 9 or younger with an adult.
- Paxton has warned he will pursue violations, which places new legal pressure on a district he also scrutinized after January student walkouts.