Neither California officials nor the Chino Valley Unified School District have appealed a court ruling over the district’s revised parental notification policy that would inform parents if their child requests changes to his or her school records, according to the school board president and the state attorney general.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the original Chino Valley policy mandated the “forced outing” of transgender students, while parental rights advocates say the state has encouraged school staff to keep parents in the dark about social gender transitions and that parental authority outweighs student privacy.
School Board President Sonja Shaw told The Epoch Times in a text message on Feb. 19 that the state’s decision not to appeal against the court decision upholding Chino Valley Unified School District’s policy to notify parents when students request changes to their official or unofficial records is a “huge win.”…