A big WIN against "gender inclusive" school policies
Last August California Attorney General, Rob Bonta, sued Chino Valley Unified School District over a policy their school board had enacted stating that teachers and staff must inform parents of student name and pronoun changes.
In a press release announcing the lawsuit, the AG stated:
We’re in court challenging Chino Valley Unified’s forced outing policy for wrongfully and unconstitutionally discriminating against and violating the privacy rights of LGBTQ+ students. The forced outing policy wrongfully endangers the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of non-conforming students who lack an accepting environment in the classroom and at home. Our message to Chino Valley Unified and all school districts in California is loud and clear: We will never stop fighting for the civil rights of LGBTQ+ students.”
He even sent out a legal alert to all California school boards reminding them of the law, demanding they follow it.
The Office of the California Attorney General issues this legal alert to remind all school boards that forced gender identity disclosure policies—which target transgender and gender nonconforming students by mandating that school personnel disclose a student’s gender identity or gender nonconformity to a parent or guardian without the student’s express consent—violate state law.1
California is just one of many states with so-called “Gender Inclusive Schools” policies that are put out by state agencies and pushed down to the local level. We’ve covered this extensively in Washington. Most school boards simply adopt the state-level policies, with the exception of a few.
Last week a deputy attorney general stated in court to Judge Benitez that the California justice department does not/will not enforce these “gender inclusive" schools policies.
Her direct quote: “And that’s what I’m trying to tell you that the Attorney General will not - there is no - there is no - you know, we’re ready to make - to disavow any enforcement action against EUSD for any actions that EUSD takes in compliance with this Court’s order.” (not typos, directly from the court transcript)
U.S. District Court judge Roger Benitez, found that the San Diego school district's secret gender transition policy violated the U.S. Constitution on 1st and 14th Amendment grounds.
This admission by the California AG’s office and the findings of Judge Benitez are a huge win for school boards, parents and most of all, the innocent and highly influential children who are being damaged by these policies.
It’s time to put an end to the secret (and not-so-secret) “transitioning” of our children!
What can you do?
Go to your school district’s website and search for their gender inclusive schools policies or guidelines. (Most websites have a search feature on the homepage. Type in: “gender inclusive”)
Send an email to the school board members asking them to ensure that teachers and staff are not keeping secrets from parents.
Attend a school board meeting - share this information and request your board change their policy to inform parents of any changes to student names or pronouns.
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