California Sues School District That Requires Teachers To Out Students
- August 30, 2023
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California's attorney general sued a Southern California school district Monday over its recently adopted policy that requires schools to notify parents if their children change their gender identification or pronouns. Attorney General Rob Bonta said he filed a lawsuit against the Chino Valley Unified School District over the policy that mandated this notification, calling it a “forced outing” of transgender students that violates their civil rights. The move comes after Chino Valley Unified adopted the policy following a shift in leadership on the school board. Other Southern California districts have adopted similar policies and Bonta said he believes they will also be affected by this litigation, though they are not named in the suit. The suit argues the policy discriminates against transgender and gender non-conforming students and violates the state constitution which requires equal protection for all students regardless of their gender expression, identity, or sexual orientation. It also argues the policy violates students’ privacy rights. The policies have sparked divisions in communities between those who say parents have a right to know the decisions their children are making at school and those who say that such policies would forcibly out transgender students to their parents and threaten the well-being of some of the most vulnerable students.
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