Despite Federal Ruling, CA Threatens Rocklin Schools Over Parent Notification Policy

Even though a federal court ruled last September that a southern California school district should not keep students’ gender confusion a secret from parents, the California Department of Education (CDE) has told the Rocklin Unified School District (RUSD) it must not implement its parent notification policy. 

As CBN News reported last September, the RUSD voted in favor of a policy that will require teachers to notify parents if their child changes their gender identification. The school board voted 4-1 on a regulation that orders schools to contact parents within three school days if their child requests to use a name, pronouns, or sex-segregated facilities “that do not align with the child’s biological sex.”

According to the policy, a student’s gender identity will remain confidential to everyone “except the student and their parent(s).”

However, the CDE released a report on Feb. 1 claiming the district’s notification policy violated the state education code against discrimination. 

According to the CDE, if the district doesn’t take corrective action, the state will take action under Cal. Code Regs., tit. 5 § 4670, which permits “the withholding of all or part of the local agency’s relevant state or federal support.” In addition, the report instructs the district

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