HI SR184

Urges the Board of Education to work with schools and youth leaders to develop and enforce non-sex segregated dress codes for public school formal events.

Notes that an East Oahu public high school had sex-segregated dress codes for formal events in 2021-2022 and that students filed a petition expressing concerns.

Contends that current sex-segregated dress codes violate Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972, Act 110 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2018), and the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

States that non-sex segregated dress codes would make public school formal events more inclusive to māhū, gender non-conforming, and transgender students.

Requires transmission of certified copies to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, and Chair of the Honolulu Youth Commission.