The California Department of Education has issued an order telling Murrieta Valley Unified School District it must stop enforcing its policy that requires parents to be notified if their child requests to be identified as anything other than the sex assigned to them at birth. Valley News/Kim Harris photo
“… Harms and risks of harm to the students, their constitutional rights of privacy and the protections afforded by California’s anti-discrimination policies are significant,” state says.
Murrieta Valley Unified School District has been ordered by the state Board of Education to stop enforcing a policy that requires parents to be notified if their child requests to be identified as anything other than the sex assigned to them at birth, according to an investigation report issued by the state on the matter.
The California Department of Education issued the order Wednesday, April 10, after finding the policy, BP5020.1, which was originally approved in August, discriminates against transgender youth.
“California has stated an intent to allow all persons in public schools to be fre
