Arkansas bans trans students from using bathroom that matches gender

State could also pass harsher bill to criminalize transgender people using public bathrooms based on gender identity

Arkansas has become the latest Republican-run US state to ban transgender people in schools using the bathroom that matches their gender identity.

The Arkansas governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, signed the bill on Tuesday. It applies to multi-person restrooms and locker rooms in public and charter schools for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, ABC reported.