California to Ban Schools from Notifying Parents of their Child’s Preferred Gender Identity
California is now the first US state to prevent school districts from mandating staff to notify parents of their child’s gender identification change under a law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
Teachers and other staff are now not compelled to disclose a student’s preferred gender identity or sexual orientation without the child’s permission. This law seeks to protect LGBTQ+ students who live in unwelcoming households.
“This law helps keep children safe while protecting the critical role of parents,” Brandon Richards, a spokesperson for Newsom, said in a statement. “It protects the child-parent relationship by preventing politicians and school staff from inappropriately intervening in family matters and attempting to control if, when, and how families have deeply personal conversations.”
The new law came to be after a number of school districts in California passed policies which required parents to be informed if a child requests to change their gender identification.
Jonathan Zachreson, an advocate in California who supports the policy that requires parents to be notified, believes that a student’s request to change their gender identification is “critical to the well-being of children and for maintaining that trust between schools and parents.”
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