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Senator sponsors bill on bathroom use by transgender kids

LANSING, MI (AP)--   A Michigan senator has introduced legislation that could stop transgender students from using bathrooms that don't match their "biological sex."

Senator Tom Casperson, a Republican, unveiled a bill Wednesday that would offer accommodations to transgender students with parental consent. But the accommodation can't include a bathroom, locker room or shower used by students "of the opposite biological sex."

Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof says the legislation is not a priority for the Senate. It's been assigned to a committee.

The bill comes after some Republican lawmakers were outraged by draft guidelines from the State Board of Education that included recommendations on how to address transgender K-12 students.

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