Murrieta board defies state of California, will keep policy to tell parents about LGBTQ+ transitioning
LOS ANGELES — The Murrieta Valley Board of Education has defied a state order — and countermanded its own staff — by holding on to a policy that requires parents to be notified when students change their gender identity at school.
By a 3-2 margin, the board voted Thursday night to keep its parent-notification policy, which requires administrators, teachers and counselors to notify parents or guardians in writing within three days after any district employee has learned that a student is requesting to be "identified or treated as a gender other than the student's biological sex or gender listed on the student's birth certificate or any other official records."
Members of the board majority took their action in response to an from the California Department of Education, which contained the findings of its investigation as well as directives for
