'It was just something I felt that if this really was happening, we needed to address it and address it quickly,' Nebraska's Bruce Bostelman said.
Bostelman continued with an alleged anecdote about a student who defecated on the floor after their school refused to provide a litter box for them to use.
"What is going on?" he added."Some kids can't wear an American flag and walk through the school in their shirt. And you keep them out of school?"Bostelman and another Nebraska state senator, Lynne Walz, reached out to the school districts named in the rumors and were"assured none of that happened." School districts across the country subjected to similar rumors have also denied them outright.
State Sen. Bruce Bostleman of Nebraska expressed concerns after hearing false reports of school providing litter boxes to students who identify as cats or dogs. The above stock photo shows a dog and a cat interacting."It shows how easy is it for lawmakers to believe this stuff, when they, above most people, have the power to get school leaders on the phone & check," Kipper wrote in a tweet.
A false YouTube video from December spread similar rumors around the Midland Public School District in Michigan. Superintendent Michael Sharrow, in response, issued a"Let me be clear...there is no truth whatsoever to this false statement/accusation! There have never been litter boxes within MPS schools," Sharrow wrote."It is such a source of disappointment that I felt the necessity to communicate this message to you.