HI SR40

Urges the Board of Education to develop and enforce non-sex-segregated dress codes for public school formal events in Hawaii.

References a 2021-2022 incident at an east Oahu public high school that maintained sex-segregated dress codes for homecoming and graduation, resulting in a student petition.

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

States that revised non-sex-segregated dress codes would promote gender expression and inclusion of gender nonconforming and transgender students at formal school events.

Requires certified copies be sent to the Board of Education Chairperson, Superintendent of Education, State Student Council, and Honolulu Youth Commission.