California Schools to Require Mixed-Sex Restroom Starting This School Year

July 30, 2026

Family advocates are encouraging parents to contact their local districts now that California public schools are required provide at least one restroom open to students of either sex on every campus, beginning with the new school year.

Christianity Daily reports that Senate Bill 760 requires each school to make at least one “all-gender” restroom available.

Supporters argue that the facilities will provide safer access for students who identify as transgender.

According to the new law, schools may satisfy the requirement with either a single-stall or multi-stall facility and the restroom must remain unlocked, be readily accessible and provide menstrual products beginning in third grade.

The California Department of Education (CDE) has posted online guidance titled “All Access Restrooms,” offering schools background information, design and planning materials, and recommended practices for gender-inclusive restroom facilities.

Greg Burt, vice president of the California Family Council, warns that parents should not assume the state guidance limits how extensively districts may redesign their restrooms.

In a statement to the Christian Post, Burt explained, “A conservative district might simply relabel a single-occupancy nurse’s bathroom and call it done. A progressive district could use this law as a green light to convert entire multi-stall restroom facilities to mixed-sex use. Parents need to find out right now what their district is planning.”

According to Christianity Daily, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 760 in 2023, requiring public schools statewide to provide a gender-neutral restroom by July 1.

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