{"id":2017675,"date":"2023-08-31T03:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T07:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-districts-across-the-country-lukewarm-on-new-transgender-policies-setting-up-legal-battles\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T03:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T07:15:31","slug":"school-districts-across-the-country-lukewarm-on-new-transgender-policies-setting-up-legal-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-districts-across-the-country-lukewarm-on-new-transgender-policies-setting-up-legal-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"School districts nationwide hesitant about new transgender policies, leading to legal disputes."},"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%2Fschool-districts-across-the-country-lukewarm-on-new-transgender-policies-setting-up-legal-battles%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=2017675&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>Legislators Implement New\u2063 Laws to \u200cProtect Parental Rights in Education<\/h2>\n<p>Between the\u2062 last school year and the new one, legislators in many areas have implemented new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-districts-across-the-country-lukewarm-on-new-transgender-policies-setting-up-legal-battles\/\" title=\"School districts nationwide hesitant about new transgender policies, leading to legal disputes.\">laws controlling district officials&#8217;\u2063 abilities<\/a> to pursue the transition\u200b of children without their parents&#8217; consent or knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>While many restrictions on school conduct have come from state law, some were\u200b borne from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-the-media-proclaim-themselves-infrastructure\/\" title=\"GRAHAM: The Media Proclaim Themselves \u2018Infrastructure\u2019\">school board decisions<\/a> that \u2063run counter to the state government&#8217;s wishes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Retail Theft Delivers an Economic Blow for Companies and Communities<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u2064 new policies came after national outrage at the revelation that school districts were allowing children to go \u200cby different names, use different pronouns, and wear clothing\u2063 and use restrooms that did not \u200calign with their sex \u2063in order to &#8220;affirm&#8221; a child&#8217;s claimed gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the policies \u2063came from state\u2064 or local government, they have been met with resistance in both instances, setting up legal battles between states and \u2062their \u200cschool districts across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are seeing\u200c some state officials rightfully lean into the constitutionally \u200cprotected right of parents to direct the care, upbringing, \u200cand education of their children,&#8221; Erika Sanzi,\u2064 Parents\u2063 Defending \u200dEducation \u2064director of outreach, told the Washington Examiner. &#8220;Others are actively trying to decimate \u2064that right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Virginia<\/h2>\n<p>The commonwealth of Virginia has\u200d been ground\u2062 zero for the education debate since the issue came \u2062into the sights of the conservative\u200d movement and remains so.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), who won in many respects based in\u200b large part on the education \u2062and parental rights issues, recently implemented new guidance\u2062 for school districts in the treatment of students claiming transgender \u2062identity.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Old Dominion&#8217;s 133 school\u2062 districts are required to write policies in compliance with the guidance, \u200dmany boards heading into the 2023-2024 school year are either refusing to implement or are dragging their feet.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia&#8217;s\u2064 two largest school districts, Fairfax and Prince William counties, have indicated \u200bthat they will not adopt the policies, and Virginia Beach failed to pass the policies in a 5-5 vote. Spotsylvania\u200c and Roanoke counties are two of the only counties \u2062that\u2063 have adopted\u2064 them as of\u2063 Wednesday, though the vast majority of school boards have not even considered them \u200done way or another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the\u200d same school boards that fought us on whether parents should be deciding whether their child wears a\u2062 mask or not,\u201d Youngkin said at a \u200cpress conference in response to the defiance, \u200breferencing a 2022 executive order making masking in school optional. \u201cI\u200d think they were wrong on all\u2063 these issues, and I know they\u2019re wrong here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The phenomenon is not unique to Virginia, as former Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam&#8217;s corollary policies requiring school districts to pursue child \u200ctransitions were also rejected or not adopted by the lion&#8217;s \u2062share (90%) of\u2063 counties, according\u200d to\u2064 the Virginia Mercury.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares issued an\u2063 advisory opinion saying the new guidance complies with state and\u200d federal nondiscrimination law, schools are required to adopt the policies, and\u200b parents in noncompliant\u200d districts\u200d have the right \u200bto sue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enough-is-enough-san-francisco-sues-its-own-school-district-over-re-opening-plan\/\" title=\"\u2018Enough Is Enough\u2019: San Francisco Sues Its Own School District Over Re-Opening Plan\">school board voted<\/a> not to adopt policies consistent with the model policies, parents can \u200dsue \u200bunder current state law,&#8221; Miyares spokeswoman Victoria LaCivita said, according to the Virginian-Pilot. &#8220;Our office will be monitoring all litigation and will be prepared to participate where doing so is appropriate and parents have valid claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>North Dakota<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Doug Burgum \u200d(R-ND) signed a series of bills restricting gender ideology in schools, including \u200bon issues of pronouns, names, bathrooms, and requiring school officials\u200d to notify\u200d parents\u2062 if their child claims transgender identity.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2064school district implementation of \u200bthose bills is in a similar place as Virginia, where some are begrudgingly doing so and others\u2062 claim violation of\u2064 federal nondiscrimination law, refusing to implement.<\/p>\n<p>Fargo Public Schools Superintendent \u200dDr. Rupak Gandhi\u200b came\u200d out opposed\u200c to the new policies, and the school board \u200dsupported his \u2063opposition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Fargo Public\u2063 School District has made the\u200b determination that federal law\u2063 takes precedence,&#8221; district spokeswoman AnnMarie Campbell told\u200b the Washington Examiner, citing the Supreme Court&#8217;s Bostock v.\u200d Clayton County decision. &#8220;Therefore, the Fargo \u200bPublic School District will not discriminate against students\u2064 based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<h2>Texas<\/h2>\n<p>A new policy \u2064in Texas&#8217;s\u2063 Katy Independent School District went into effect Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-case-illustrates-public-schools-disdain-for-parental-rights\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Case Illustrates Public Schools\u2019 Disdain For Parental Rights\">requiring parental notification<\/a>. It also prohibits staff from referring to \u200dchildren by pronouns that do not align with their biological sex and requires students to use restrooms and other facilities on a &#8220;sex-specific&#8221; basis.<\/p>\n<p>It was passed on a narrow 4-3 margin.<\/p>\n<p>Critics say the policy forcibly &#8220;outs&#8221; children who identify with another gender, and students are planning protests of the new policy, the Houston Chronicle reported. However, while the American\u2062 Civil \u200cLiberties Union of Texas hinted \u2064at a lawsuit, legal action is\u200c not \u2064yet on the horizon.<\/p>\n<h2>California<\/h2>\n<p>The same cannot be said for California, where state Attorney General Rob\u200d Bonta\u2064 filed a lawsuit against Chino Valley School\u200c District for requiring schools to notify parents about a claimed transgender identity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to comprehend why this is the hill so many elected \u2063officials\u200c in\u200b blue states have chosen to die on, but sadly, that&#8217;s where we are,&#8221; Sanzi said.<\/p>\n<p>Chino&#8217;s proposal passed 4-1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-sues-chino-valley-school-board-over-transgender-notification-policy\/\" title=\"California sues Chino Valley school board for transgender notification policy.\">forced outing policy wrongfully endangers<\/a> the physical, mental, and emotional \u2064well-being of non-conforming students \u200cwho lack an \u200caccepting environment in the classroom and \u2062at \u200dhome,&#8221; Bonta\u2064 said in a press\u200b release. The lawsuit alleges that\u200d students in Chino are &#8220;currently under threat of being \u200bouted to their parents or guardians against their express wishes\u2063 and will.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Chino is sticking by its decision,\u200c with \u2064the\u200c school \u2062board president, Sonja Shaw, telling the Washington Free Beacon, \u201cOnce again this\u200d is\u200c government overreach and the political cartel of Bonta, [Gov. Gavin] Newsom, and [state Superintendent Tony] Thurmond is using their muscle and taxpayer dollars to shut\u2064 parents out\u200d of their children\u2019s lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Chino is not\u200b the only school district to pass similar policies. Murrieta Unified School District became the second to do so after Chino, followed by Anderson\u2062 Union High School District in\u200c Shasta \u200cCounty and Temecula Valley\u200c Unified School District. Orange County Unified School \u2063District is considering \u2064the policy as well.<\/p>\n<h2>New Jersey<\/h2>\n<p>In the past week, \u2063three Monmouth\u200c County, New\u2062 Jersey districts \u2014 Manalapan-Englishtown, Marlboro, and Middletown Township \u2014 have been blocked by \u2064a judge from implementing parental notification requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062decision does not decide the case but rather stops enforcement during the course of \u2062litigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNotifying parents about issues affecting \u2062their children\u2063 is\u200d not discrimination,\u201d Middletown board president Frank Capone told\u2063 the Two River Times. Board\u200d attorney Bruce Padula added that \u201cit is simply not discrimination to tell parents if\u200d their child decides to change the \u200dgender in their student records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/legislators-implement-new-laws-protect-parental-rights-education\">Click here to read more from the Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the rights of parents. 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