California Becomes First State To Ban School Policies Requiring Parents Be Notified About Student Gender Identities

On Monday (July 15), California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill into law called AB 1955, which prohibits school districts from notifying parents if their child uses different pronouns or identifies as a gender other than the one that’s listed on their school record; becoming the first U.S. state to do so.

California’s AB 1955 has already been praised by the LGBTQ+ community and advocacy groups who claim that, by banning school policies requiring officials to notify parents about student gender identities, it will help protect transgender and gender-nonconforming students who live in households with parents or guardians who are not welcoming.

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The statement continued, “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 also arrives after several school districts in California passed policies requiring that parents be notified if a child requests to change their gender identification at school. The policy resulted in much pushback by Democratic state officials, who claimed that students have a right to privacy.

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Meanwhile, Jonathan Keller, president of the California Family Council, said the bill violates parents’ rights. Keller explained, “This bill undermines their fundamental role and places boys and girls in potential jeopardy. Moms and dads have both a constitutional and divine mandate to guide and protect their kids, and AB 1955 egregiously violates this sacred trust.”

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