SB 119-17: Efficient Use of Education Funds Act--Failed

[Mr. Reactionary]

So today the Belgian has expressed support for bestiality, not prosecuting rapists, and now litterboxes in school bathrooms. What will he think of next?

[Mr. Reactionary]

Nonetheless I would question the alleged wisdom in this bill considering that litter can be used by humans in emergencies. What's more, before anyone is inclined to turn against this being permitted, I ask they put themselves in the place of a school district having to plan for a lockdown or a disaster type situation, or a student in that position, cut off from proper working toilets.

1. No federal funds shall be awarded to any daycare, summer camp, Pre-School, Kindergarten, or Elementary, Middle, Junior High, or High School if such program or school provides litter boxes for use by students claiming to identify as non-human animals.

As written, the proposed bill would not affect decisions made due to an emergency. It solely prohibits providing litter boxes as a matter of regular course to students delusionally claiming to not be human. It appears very narrowly drafted to avoid your hypotheticals. If schools doing such is a hoax, then this bill will have zero negative impact and have the positive impact of ending the hoax. If schools are actually doing this, they should be banned from doing so. And locking in this policy as the status quo makes sense so that in 10 years when the goal posts shift, those seeking to allow this would have the burden of changing the law, instead of the other way around. I see zero reasons not not pass this.

[Mr. Reactionary]

Nonetheless I would question the alleged wisdom in this bill considering that litter can be used by humans in emergencies. What's more, before anyone is inclined to turn against this being permitted, I ask they put themselves in the place of a school district having to plan for a lockdown or a disaster type situation, or a student in that position, cut off from proper working toilets.

1. No federal funds shall be awarded to any daycare, summer camp, Pre-School, Kindergarten, or Elementary, Middle, Junior High, or High School if such program or school provides litter boxes for use by students claiming to identify as non-human animals.

As written, the proposed bill would not affect decisions made due to an emergency. It solely prohibits providing litter boxes as a matter of regular course to students delusionally claiming to not be human. It appears very narrowly drafted to avoid your hypotheticals. If schools doing such is a hoax, then this bill will have zero negative impact and have the positive impact of ending the hoax. If schools are actually doing this, they should be banned from doing so. And locking in this policy as the status quo makes sense so that in 10 years when the goal posts shift, those seeking to allow this would have the burden of changing the law, instead of the other way around. I see zero reasons not not pass this.

Well, that's more subjective territory then.
The (main) question before us then is how much social regulation we want on the books.
Nonetheless I suppose a creative lawyer might still exploit the simplicity of the provisions of this bill to seek to change school policies anyway. That at least seems to be a pertinent concern, given the willingness for people who care deeply about certain issues to use the threat of legal bills to bully people into acting the way they like (exhibit A: wedding cakes).

Whether or not a litter box has been provided for student use seems like a clear and objective metric. A lawyer would have to be a magician to bully a school that didnt provide litter boxes. If a school did provide litter boxes it would still need to be shown that such decision was for the purpose of reenforcing the delusions of mentally ill students. I have never heard of a school ever using litter boxes in an emergency, but if they did that would be the second step, so I think the risk of frivolous litigation is very minimal. Nevertheless, as written this bill would appear the screen out any fake lawsuits.

[Mr. Reactionary]

96 hr rule. No tabling permitted without unanimous consent.