{"id":251822,"date":"2026-05-21T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/s-c-student-privacy-law-expands-requirements-for-school-restrooms-facilities\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:10:07","slug":"s-c-student-privacy-law-expands-requirements-for-school-restrooms-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/s-c-student-privacy-law-expands-requirements-for-school-restrooms-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"S.C. student privacy law expands requirements for school restrooms, facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2026\/05\/21\/new-south-carolina-school-restroom-law-draws-praise-pushback\/\">S.C. student privacy law expands requirements for school restrooms, facilities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2026\/05\/21\/new-south-carolina-school-restroom-law-draws-praise-pushback\/\">https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2026\/05\/21\/new-south-carolina-school-restroom-law-draws-praise-pushback\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-21 17:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wbtv.com\">www.wbtv.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">YORK COUNTY, S.C. (WBTV) &#8211; A new bill signed into law in South Carolina puts strict gender requirements on school restrooms and facilities. Some see this as a law that will protect students, while others believe this is setting up certain students to be targeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt was a great feeling of accomplishment for all the students in our state,\u201d said Rep. April Cromer of District 6. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got parents who are scared for their children,\u201d said Brian Ballard an LGBTQ community advocate and Rock Hill PRIDE organizer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed the bill requiring public schools and institutions to address gender and facilities. South Carolina schools have been required to separate restrooms and other facilities for some time, saying that a person\u2019s gender at birth determines which facility they could use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rep. Cromer said this is something she\u2019s pursued for years after hearing concerns about privacy and safety from parents across the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis is about protecting all students and making sure that all students\u2019 dignity and privacy is protected. It\u2019s not ostracizing anyone. It\u2019s just making sure that everyone is protected with just common sense legislation,\u201d said Rep. Cromer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Now, the law also requires schools to have single-user restrooms and accommodations; civil action can be taken against schools; and if they don\u2019t meet the requirements, they risk losing 25% of funds from the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ballard worries it will promote bullying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI experienced bullying as a kid. This is worse. This is a long-term mental health issue,\u201d Ballard said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Ballard said bullying is the leading cause of self-harm among LGBTQ youth, even more so for trans children. 2025 data from The Trevor Project found 36% of LGBTQ youth considered suicide, including 40% of trans and nonbinary youth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rep. Cromer said this law is about everyone\u2019s protection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s not about hate, it\u2019s just about protecting everyone\u2019s rights, and we can have conversations&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2026\/05\/21\/new-south-carolina-school-restroom-law-draws-praise-pushback\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S.C. student privacy law expands requirements for school restrooms, facilities https:\/\/www.wbtv.com\/2026\/05\/21\/new-south-carolina-school-restroom-law-draws-praise-pushback\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-21 17:02:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wbtv-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/3PKC2ZRQDJJ25LCZ7CLFNC4XME.jpg?auth=794481c653694220654e3045bfd0cefc3281f5cd1a4db534b200c50f0f3be298&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251826,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251822\/revisions\/251826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}