Approved by the Board of Trustees of Rockland Community College on May 6, 2024.
All publicly accessible single-occupancy bathroom facilities on each Rockland Community College (RCC or College) campus shall be designated as all gender bathroom facilities for use by no more than one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use. These all gender bathroom facilities shall be clearly designated by the posting of signage on or near the entry door of each facility. For purposes of this policy, single-occupancy restroom shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section one hundred forty-five of the public buildings law.1
Additionally, according to the Guidance on Protections from Gender Identity Discrimination under the New York State Human Rights Law2 “regardless of the type of sex-segregated facilities available (multi-occupancy or single- occupancy), a covered entity [such as RCC] must allow individuals to use facilities that are consistent with their gender identity, regardless of the individual’s sex assigned at birth, anatomy, gender, medical history, appearance, or the sex indicated on the individual’s identification. It is unlawful to require a person to use a single-occupancy restroom because they are transgender, non-binary, or gender non-conforming. This is true even if other employees, tenants or customers object to sharing a facility with a transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming person.”
This policy shall constitute written adoption by RCC of the requirements of subdivision twenty of section three hundred fifty-five of the education law.3
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1 “[S]ingle-occupancy bathroom” means a bathroom intended for use by no more than one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use and which has a door for entry into and egress from the bathroom that may be locked by the occupant to ensure privacy and security.
2 NY Exec. Law § 292(35).
3 The state university trustees shall adopt rules requiring that each institution of the state university of New York adopt written policies requiring that all public single-occupancy bathroom facilities be designated as gender neutral for use by no more than one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom facilities shall be clearly designated by the posting of such on or near the entry door of each facility. For purposes of this section, “single-occupancy bathroom” shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section one hundred forty-five of the public buildings law.