State could also pass harsher bill to criminalize transgender people using public bathrooms based on gender identity
Arkansas has become the latest Republican-run US state to ban transgender people in schools using the bathroom that matches their gender identity.
The Arkansas governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, signed the bill on Tuesday. It applies to multi-person restrooms and locker rooms in public and charter schools for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, ABC reported.
Officials at schools which violate the ban could face fines up to $1,000, with parents able to file lawsuits to help enforce the law.
Arkansas could also pass a similar but harsher bill which would criminalize transgender people using public bathrooms based on their gender identity.
The schools bill, which gained final approval last week, will go into affect this summer.
Huckabee Sanders, the daughter of the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, was Donald Trump’s second White House press secretary.
