House approves bill on bathrooms in SC K-12 schools and colleges with 2 changes

By: Skylar Laird, Seanna Adcox

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: January 30, 2026

Words: 1,289

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago


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COLUMBIA — Legislation that extends existing state law on K-12 bathrooms to South Carolina’s 33 public colleges passed the House on Thursday with bipartisan support.

The bill largely mimics a law inserted in the state budget in 2024, which threatens to withhold state aid from school districts if students receive permission to use multi-stalled bathrooms or changing facilities, such as locker rooms, that don’t align to their biological sex at birth. Beyond extending those …

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