All private schools offering any combination of classes for kindergarteners through 12th graders are required to maintain restrooms that are maintained and cleaned regularly, fully operational, and stocked at all times with toilet paper, soap, and paper towels or functional hand dryers. Schools must keep the restrooms open during school hours when pupils are not in classes and keep a sufficient number of restrooms open during school hours when pupils are in classes. Existing law allows schools to temporarily close a restroom as necessary for pupil safety or as necessary to repair the facility.
Senate Bill 760 (SB 760) amends the circumstances under which a school is authorized to temporarily close a restroom. A school may now temporarily close a restroom: (1) for a documented pupil safety concern, (2) for an immediate threat to pupil safety, or (3) to repair the facility.
(SB 760 amends Section 35292.5 of the Education Code and adds Section 17585 to the Education Code.)