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Sonja Shaw is president of the Chino Valley Unified School District board of education. She supports a policy passed by the board in July that requires school officials to out trans students to their parents, On Thursday, a judge in San Bernardino blocked the policy from being enforced. Photo: Chino Valley Unified School District board meeting screenshot.
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A state Judge in San Bernardino County ruled Thursday that a school district cannot require teachers to notify parents when a student identifies as transgender, saying the policy discriminates against youths based on their gender identity, The San Francisco Chronicle and other news outlets reported.
Superior Court Judge Michael Sachs said that the Chino Valley Unified School District’s policy “treats otherwise similar students differently based on their sex or gender identity” and therefore violates the students’ constitutional guarantee of equal protection.
Sachs granted Attorney General Rob Bonta’s request for a preliminary injunction against the policy, which another judge also blocked last month.
Chino Unified approved the policy in July, becoming the first district in the state to do so. At least five others have since passed similar measures.
Sachs noted that the district claimed the policy aimed to create a supportive environment for students and their parents was undermined by statements its board members made at a contentious July 20 meeting where they passed the policy. Some board members likened transgender identification to mental illness, called it a “death culture,” and said the policy was needed to fight the purported Marxist goal of abolishing the family.
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