{"id":1978980,"date":"2023-07-20T20:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-virginia-rule-requires-all-public-schools-to-get-parental-permission-for-students-to-adopt-transgender-identities\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T20:01:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T00:01:30","slug":"new-virginia-rule-requires-all-public-schools-to-get-parental-permission-for-students-to-adopt-transgender-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-virginia-rule-requires-all-public-schools-to-get-parental-permission-for-students-to-adopt-transgender-identities\/","title":{"rendered":"New Virginia rule mandates parental consent for students to adopt transgender identities in public schools."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-virginia-rule-requires-all-public-schools-to-get-parental-permission-for-students-to-adopt-transgender-identities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978980&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Virginia&#8217;s New \u200cRule Requires Parental\u200b Permission for Gender Identification<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Virginia\u2019s education department has finalized a new rule requiring all public schools to\u200c get parental permission before cooperating \u2063with students who want to identify \u2062as\u200b a different \u200bgender.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The new policies, released on Tuesday,\u200c have sparked a\u200d significant \u2064discussion. They state that\u200b schools \u2062cannot accommodate a student&#8217;s \u200drequest to\u2064 use a different\u2063 name or pronoun\u200c unless \u200cthe child&#8217;s \u200bparent provides written \u200dpermission. \u2063Additionally, the policies \u2064require students to participate in\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-virginia-rule-requires-all-public-schools-to-get-parental-permission-for-students-to-adopt-transgender-identities\/\" title=\"New Virginia rule mandates parental consent for students to adopt transgender identities in public schools.\">school \u200bsports teams<\/a> and use\u2064 bathrooms that align with their \u2062biological sex.<\/p>\n<h3>Empowering Parents and Protecting Students<\/h3>\n<p>Governor Glenn \u2063Youngkin, a Republican, expressed his support for \u200dthe new \u2063policies, \u2064emphasizing the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elder-yes-on-school-choice-but-it-requires-parental-involvement\/\" title=\"ELDER: Yes On School Choice \u2013 But It Requires Parental Involvement\">parental involvement<\/a> in a child&#8217;s\u2062 education and well-being. He stated,\u200b &#8220;All children in\u2062 Virginia deserve to have a parent engaged in their life and to be treated \u2064with dignity and respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Lisa Coons echoed this \u200csentiment, highlighting that the new policies provide \u2062families with the opportunity \u2062to be partners in their child&#8217;s education.\u2064 She stated, \u2063&#8221;We are \u2064elevating parents\u2063 and giving them a seat at\u200c the table.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Positive Reception\u2062 and\u2063 Advocacy<\/h3>\n<p>Parental rights advocates have applauded the \u200bnew policies, considering them a significant victory. Parents Defending Education Action praised Governor\u2064 Youngkin and parent \u200dadvocates\u2062 for\u200c their efforts in achieving this\u200c outcome. Alex Nester, the political \u2064director of Parents Defending Education Action, commended\u2062 the\u2063 parents&#8217;\u2063 courage and stated, &#8220;These policies \u2064are a\u200d huge win for those parents, and they should \u200cbe so proud of their efforts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The policies were\u2064 initially proposed \u2062by Governor Youngkin&#8217;s administration in September and underwent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">public comment period<\/a> before\u200d being approved this\u2062 week.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenges\u2063 and the\u200b Importance\u2062 of Parental Involvement<\/h3>\n<p>Recent years have seen conflicts between parents and\u200d school\u2064 districts \u2063across the\u200d country regarding gender\u2062 ideology. Some parents have sued \u200dschool districts, alleging that school personnel \u200dencouraged \u2063their children to change their gender identity \u2062without their knowledge. These issues highlight the significance \u2064of parental rights\u200b and the need for open\u200c communication between schools and \u2064parents.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that \u2063the number of minors identifying as transgender has been increasing. \u2062As of last year, an\u200d estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to\u2064 17 identified as transgender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia&#8217;s education department has implemented a rule mandating parental consent for public schools to support students identifying as a different gender. The policy, released on Tuesday, prohibits schools from allowing students to use a different name or pronoun at school without parental approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1978981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}