{"id":2010950,"date":"2023-08-24T15:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T19:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-attorney-general-says-new-transgender-school-guidelines-comply-with-state-and-federal-law\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T15:10:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T19:10:04","slug":"virginia-attorney-general-says-new-transgender-school-guidelines-comply-with-state-and-federal-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-attorney-general-says-new-transgender-school-guidelines-comply-with-state-and-federal-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia AG says new transgender school guidelines follow state and federal law."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fvirginia-attorney-general-says-new-transgender-school-guidelines-comply-with-state-and-federal-law%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=2010950&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 Attorney General: New Policies on Transgender Students Comply\u200d with \u2062Nondiscrimination Laws<\/h2>\n<p>Virginia \u2062Attorney General Jason Miyares has stated \u200bthat\u2063 the state&#8217;s new policies regarding the treatment of transgender students are in accordance with \u2063both state \u2062and federal \u2063nondiscrimination laws. The opinion, requested by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA)\u2064 and released \u200bon Thursday, asserts that the Virginia Department\u2063 of \u200dEducation&#8217;s &#8220;Model Policies on Ensuring Privacy, Dignity,\u2062 and Respect for All Students and Parents\u2063 in\u200c Virginia&#8217;s Public Schools&#8221; aligns with the law, despite opposition from LGBT groups who\u200c argue that the policies create an unsafe environment for certain \u200dstudents.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Points of \u200cthe New Policies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Students should use\u200b bathrooms\u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-law-requires-students-to-use-restroom-according-to-biological-sex\/\" title=\"Arkansas law requires students to use restroom according to biological sex\">locker rooms based<\/a> \u2063on the genders assigned to them at birth.<\/li>\n<li>Students under 18 must be \u2064referred to by the names and pronouns in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tim-scott-introduces-bill-to-ban-schools-from-keeping-a-childs-gender-transition-a-secret-from-parents\/\" title=\"Sen. Tim Scott Introduces Bill To Ban Schools From Keeping A Child\u2019s Gender Transition A Secret From Parents\">official school records<\/a>,\u2063 unless they have written permission from\u200b a parent to\u2062 use an alternative.<\/li>\n<li>Schools cannot withhold\u2064 information about a student&#8217;s gender from their parent or guardian.<\/li>\n<li>Parents must have \u200dthe opportunity \u200dto\u2062 object to counseling services \u200drelated to a student&#8217;s gender concerns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;This official Attorney General Opinion simply confirms what the overwhelming number of Virginians already \u200bknow; parents have a fundamental right to the care, upbringing, and education of their children,&#8221; Miyares stated \u200bin his nonbinding \u200clegal analysis. \u200b&#8221;Parents, not government, are in the best position\u200d to work with their children on important life decisions, and \u2062no parent signs up to co-parent with the government.\u2064 In fact, the rights of parents\u2062 are one of our oldest and\u2064 most fundamental liberty interests. The Model Policies ensure that all \u200cstudents are treated with dignity and that parental\u2062 involvement remains at the center. These policies are \u200cfully compliant\u2064 with the \u2063law, and school boards across\u2063 the Commonwealth should \u2062support and implement them. It&#8217;s not just common sense,\u2062 it&#8217;s the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eden Heilman, ACLU of Virginia&#8217;s legal \u200cdirector, criticized Miyares&#8217;s nonbinding\u2064 opinion,\u200c calling it &#8220;every bit as cruel and misguided\u2063 as\u200b the policies themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Governor\u2064 Youngkin&#8217;s administration initially proposed these changes in\u200c September \u200b2022, and the \u200cVirginia Department of Education reviewed them during a public comment \u200bperiod. The state\u200c has \u2062urged\u200b school boards throughout Virginia to adopt these \u200dpolicies, \u200calthough some have already expressed\u2064 their intention to defy \u200bthem.<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County Public\u2064 Schools\u2063 announced on August 15 that they would not adhere to the new guidelines, asserting that their \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-attorney-general-says-new-transgender-school-guidelines-comply-with-state-and-federal-law\/\" title=\"Virginia AG says new transgender school guidelines follow state and federal law.\">current policies \u200bprotect transgender students<\/a> and comply with state \u200band federal law. Prince William County Public \u200cSchools followed\u200d suit\u200c two days later.<\/p>\n<p>In July, officials in Arlington and Alexandria\u200c City expressed concerns about\u200c the governor&#8217;s \u2062changes and stated that \u2064they would maintain their existing policies.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Beach\u2062 School Board came close to adopting Youngkin&#8217;s modifications, with five\u200c members \u2062voting in favor, five against, and one member abstaining, \u2063resulting in the proposal&#8217;s failure.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview\u2063 with Fox News, Governor Youngkin emphasized that the law is &#8220;very clear that I issue model policies, and local school\u2062 districts have to adopt policies consistent with the \u200bmodel policies. And \u200bI would add to the \u200dfact that this is common sense. We are very straightforwardly saying \u200cthat first, parents are in charge of their children&#8217;s lives.\u2064 The kids don&#8217;t belong to the state.\u200c They \u2064belong to parents\u2062 and to families, and\u200b they have the ultimate say in decisions that that child is going to make with a parent, not\u2063 with a bureaucrat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It remains uncertain how the state will enforce the new\u200d guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/virginia-attorney-general-new-policies-transgender-students-comply-nondiscrimination-laws\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares confirmed that the state&#8217;s updated policies regarding transgender students align with both state and federal nondiscrimination laws. The opinion, requested by Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and released on Thursday, supports the Virginia Department of Education&#8217;s &#8220;Model Policies on Ensuring Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2010951,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/2010950","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}