Can public schools legally 'out' trans students to their parents? Experts weigh in
As a wave of California public school districts explore policies around students and gender identity, the extent to which state law grants young people privacy rights from their parents has come under a sharp spotlight. And while the state's Democratic leaders contend such privacy rights are clear-cut, constitutional experts say the legal realities are more nuanced, igniting a heated debate likely to move its way through the courts.
The question of what responsibility schools have for alerting parents if students say or do something to identify as gender-nonconforming is popping up on school board agendas in conservative pockets across California. In many cases, the policies are being pushed by a newly elected class of emphatically conservative trustees, ushered in last year as part of a broader revolt in "red" California against COVID-related mask mandates and school closures.
The School District in San Bernardino County in July became and in Riverside County. The policy is under discussion in other districts, including .
