After being sued by California, the Chino Valley Unified School District has updated its policy requiring staff to notify parents that a student is using a different pronoun or bathroom designated for another gender and now will only mention that a child has requested a change to their student records.
LGBTQ+ advocates said the new mandate is simply a legal loophole to repackage the same policy that continues to violate the rights of students. The battle at the district in Chino is part of a nationwide debate over local school districts and the rights of parents and LGBTQ+ students. States across the country have sought to impose bans on gender-affirming care, bar trans athletes from girls and women's sports, and require schools to "out" trans and nonbinary students to their parents.
The Chino Valley Unified board introduced its policy last summer after a Republican lawmaker was not able to advance legislation in the state Legislature, which is dominated by Democrats, requiring school staff to notify parents about their child's request for a gender identification change. Teachers, parents and advocates who oppose the school board policy say it could put students' safety at risk if they live in abusive households. Andrea McFarland, a high school English teacher for Chino Valley Unified, said the policy the board approved last year was unfair to teachers.
A judge last year halted part of the policy that required schools to tell parents if their child asks to change their gender identification. He did not grant the state's attempt in October to block another part of the policy requiring schools to notify parents about a child's request to make changes to information in their student records.
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