From the ECS State Policy Database Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 08/2013 P-12 Sex-Segregated School Programs and Activities A.B. 1266 From legislative counsel's digest: Requires that a student be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his/her gender identity, irrespective of the ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Establishment of a Single-Sex Class H.B. 1942 Clarifies the manner in which school boards may establish a single-sex class, program, or school in a school division; provides that participation must be voluntary and the school division must provide a substantially equal coeducational school, class, or prog... More... DE Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Same Sex Charter Schools H.B. 285 Allows a charter school to restrict student admissions by gender in the case of a same-gender school; provides that within a reasonable amount of time after commencement of operations of any same-gender charter school in the state, there shall be approved and ... More... MI Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Single Sex Schools H.B. 4264 Allows single sex schools, classes and programs to be established in the Detroit public schools. Enrollment must be voluntary, and the district is required to make a substantially equal co-educational school, class or program available. http://www.legislature.... More... MI Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Gender Based Classrooms, Schools or Programs H.B. 6247 Allows gender based classrooms, schools or programs under the Elliot-Larsen civil rights act. Relates to a school district, an intermediate school district or a public school academy. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0348... More... MI Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Creation of Single-Gender Schools, Classes, or Programs S.B. 1296 Provides that a school district or a public school academy may establish and maintain a program within a school in which enrollment is limited to pupils of a single gender if the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy makes ava... More... WI Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Single-Sex Schools A.B. 114 Authorizes a school board to operate single-sex schools, other than charter schools, or provide single-sex courses if the school board makes available to the opposite sex under the same policies and criteria of admission, schools or courses that are comparable... More... NY (H) INTRODUCED AND REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ASSEMBLY EDUCATION 05/2005 P-12 Single gender core course academies demonstration program H.B. 8092 Establishes the single gender core course academies demonstration program within the education department; provides that such program shall be established in 4 elementary schools, 8 middle schools and 1 high school which are lowperforming schools in each of th... More...