A battle is brewing over a new gender identity disclosure policy in the Rocklin Unified School District. Requires teachers, counselors, or a site administrator to notify parents and guardians three school days when their child requests the following: Be identified as a gender other than the child’s biological sex or gender Use a name that differs from their legal name (other than a commonly recognized nickname) Using pronouns that do not align with the child’s biological sex or gender Accessing sex-segregated school programs and activities, or restrooms or locker rooms that do not align with the child’s biological sex or gender. Debate over the issue brought more than 100 people to a school board meeting Wednesday night to voice their views on the matter before it passed in a 4-1 vote. Advocates say parents have the right to know and participate in these discussions about their children, while opponents argue that this would exclude students, violate their civil rights, and possibly even put them in danger. Ultimately, the debate could be decided in court. “I am also transgender. This policy would affect me,” said Rivers Apodaca, a senior at Rocklin High School. Apodaca wrote a letter to the school board to express his opposition to the rules. “This policy is dangerous for children,” Apodaca said. Another student KCRA 3 spoke with agreed. “People will get hurt because they find themselves in unsafe situations with parents who don’t support their gender identity, they’ll feel trapped and they won’t see a way out.” Mia Flores said. However, others do not see it that way. “The policy is not an anti-trans policy. These kids can still change their lives, their names, the way they dress and do those things, but they need to do it in collaboration with the parents,” said Lance Christensen, vice president for education policy and government affairs at the conservative think tank Policy Center. Of California. “In fact, I was one of the architects of this policy and helped write similar policies across the state, as we’ve seen in Chino Valley.” After the Chino Valley Unified School District in Southern California adopted a similar policy, a judge on Wednesday granted Attorney General Rob Bonta’s request to suspend that district’s policy while he challenges it in court. In a letter to the Rocklin Board of Education, Bonta wrote that he will not hesitate to take steps to protect the civil rights of students. However, the Attorney General’s Office did not tell KCRA 3 News today if he specifically intends to take legal action, saying he “cannot discuss legal strategy.” Regardless, the Rocklin Unified School District abides by its new rules. “The Board’s actions were taken after extensive consultation with the District’s legal counsel and are legally defensible under current law,” the district wrote in an emailed statement. The school district also said it is currently formalizing implementation plans. and training on the new requirements. Meanwhile, he still faces opposition from some of the teachers who are supposed to be responsible for notifying parents. Rocklin Professional Teachers Association president Travis Mougeotte has said no “will report his students” and that he does not plan to comply with the policy It is not yet clear how the policy would be applied and if there would be consequences for those who refuse to comply.
A battle is brewing for a new gender identity disclosure policy in the Rocklin Unified School District.
Requires teachers, counselors, or a site administrator to notify parents and guardians three school days when their child requests the following:
- Being identified as a gender other than the child’s biological sex or gender.
- Using a name that differs from your legal name (other than a commonly recognized nickname)
- Using pronouns that do not align with the biological sex or gender of the child.
- Access to sex-segregated school programs and activities, or restrooms or locker rooms that do not align with the child’s biological sex or gender.
The debate on the issue brought together more than 100 people at a school board meeting Wednesday night to voice their views on it before it passed with a 4-1 vote.
Advocates say that parents have a right to know and participate in these discussions about their children, while opponents argue that this would expel students, violate their civil rights and possibly even put them in danger. Ultimately, the debate could be decided in court.
“I am also transgender. This policy would affect me,” said Rivers Apodaca, a senior at Rocklin High School.
Apodaca wrote a letter to the school board to express his opposition to the rules.
“This policy is dangerous for children,” Apodaca said.
Another student KCRA 3 spoke with agreed.
“People are going to get hurt because they will find themselves in unsafe situations with parents who do not support their gender identity, they will feel trapped and they will not see a way out”, Mia Flores. saying.
Others, however, do not see it that way.
“The policy is not an anti-trans policy. These kids can still change their lives, their names, the way they dress and do those things, but they need to do it in collaboration with the parents,” said Lance Christensen, vice president for education policy and government affairs at the conservative think tank Policy Center. Of California. “In fact, I was one of the architects of this policy and helped write similar policies across the state, as we’ve seen in Chino Valley.”
After the Chino Valley Unified School District in Southern California adopted a similar policy, a judge on Wednesday granted Attorney General Rob Bonta’s request to suspend that district’s policy while he challenges it in court.
in a letter to the Rocklin Board of EducationBonta wrote that she will not hesitate to take steps to protect the civil rights of students.
However, the Attorney General’s Office did not tell KCRA 3 News today if it intends to take legal action specifically, saying it “cannot discuss legal strategy.”
Regardless, the Rocklin Unified School District abides by its new rules.
“The Board’s actions were taken after extensive consultation with the District’s legal counsel and are legally defensible under current law,” the district wrote in an emailed statement.
The school district also said it is currently formalizing implementation plans and training on the new requirements.
Meanwhile, it is still facing opposition from some of the teachers who are supposed to be responsible for notifying parents. The president of the Rocklin Professional Teachers Association, Travis Mougeotte, has said that he will not “snitch on his students” and that he does not plan to comply with the policy.
It is not yet clear how the policy would be enforced and whether there would be consequences for those who refuse to comply.
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