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​Deadline 3/24 at 7:00 AM 
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Summary

House Bill 1144 is a bill that will hurt all students by making bathrooms less private, safe, and secure.

While it was championed as an anti-trans bill, it now attempts to remove all gender neutral restrooms that share a communal sink. And in general does more to restrict the support and safety we can give to our trans youth, who are suffering from bullying, abuse, and lack of safety. It is our belief that lawmakers don't have the best understanding of how schools work. The goal is to change that and make sure our lawmakers are talking to our superintendents. 

Other Information

How to get involved

1. Find your District - https://ndlegis.gov/districts/2025-2032​

2. Open an Email and either copy the letter below, modify it, or say your own piece. 

3. Find your district below, to get the emails of every lawmaker and superintendent in your district. Feel free to add any other educators, principals, and so on you know. 

4. If you encounter any bounceback or errors like that, let us know. Superintendents districts were determined by DPI address data. 

5. Our goal is for someone from every district to reach out! Please let me know if you did, so we can fill out this bingo card of districts!​

Example Letter - Choose one or make your own

Professional Email Template

Dear Lawmakers and Superintendents,

I live in your district and wanted to connect you to each other because of HB 1144. This bill has been amended to disallow any sort of gender-neutral restroom area that has a communal sink. Most modern school bathroom designs include this sort of layout because it improves safety overall, reduces anxiety and bullying experienced by students, and is easier to monitor for bad behavior. 
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These bathrooms help all students, but truthfully, removing them will especially hurt transgender students. Our state data, with an analysis of the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, found our LGBTQ+ students experience significant bullying, hardship, and suicidality from schools and that they don’t feel safe. Many of these kids even bring weapons to school for self-defense and middle school trans students report not drinking water so they can avoid going to the bathroom. 

While we may all have differences of opinion on the best way to run any school, I don’t think anyone wants to make school less safe for any student, and I believe our House was under-informed on the real impact of this bill. Please, lawmakers, connect with our local superintendents to have a conversation if this bill is needed or practical. 

Thank you

Personal/Generic

Dear (Lawmakers, Superintendents)

My name is (Name) and I'm a (Teacher, Parent, Etc). HB 1144 makes me (Your feelings on it). 

Kindly,
(name)
Other Considerations
  • Not all districts have superintendents. Tell me your school and I can find principals. Or feel free to just talk to your lawmaker! 

  • Reframe from being demanding or unkind. Assume people are caring and receptive, even if they're not. 

  • Be honest with what your care about and your values, don't try to micro manage what you think they want to hear. 

  • Them not responding in a kind way or not at all doesn't mean it wasn't worth doing. But invite friends to also reach out and have them tell me if they do, so I can fill out the district bingo card! 

  • HB 1144 might be defeated, it might become law. Our real goal is to improve conversations, understanding, culture, and access to resources and data. 
MAILING/BILLING ADDRESS
Faye Seidler
625 Main Ave Ste 201
Moorhead, MN 56560
CONTACT INFORMATION
​Phone: 701-732-0228
Email: [email protected]