US EditionCA judge requires parental notification for elementary school gender lesson
- In 2024, a federal court in California temporarily blocked an elementary school buddy program in Encinitas Union School District from proceeding without informing parents and allowing them to opt their children out of sessions addressing gender identity.
- The injunction follows a complaint filed in September 2024 by Fifth-grade plaintiffs uncomfortable with a buddy class session that included reading My Shadow Is Pink without prior parental notice.
- The buddy program pairs older students with younger ones and is mandatory, with the contested session involving fifth graders mentoring kindergartners about gender identity through the book about a boy who liked dresses and girls' toys.
- The court ruled the program likely violated students' First Amendment rights by compelling support for views they found objectionable and emphasized schools must notify parents and allow opt-outs for controversial gender lessons regardless of teaching format.
- The preliminary injunction implies schools cannot avoid parental notification duties by placing gender identity content in mentoring programs, reinforcing parents' rights to be informed and to consent before such lessons.
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Southern California School District Ordered to Inform Parents Before Adding Gender Topics to Buddy Program
A federal court issued an order on Monday barring a California school district from including gender identity topics in its elementary school buddy program, unless parents are provided with advance notice and an opportunity to opt out. The issue relates to “an educational activity at odds with Plaintiffs’ religious beliefs,” said the May 12 order issued by U.S. District Judge M. James Lorenz. Plaintiffs in the case are fifth-grade male students,…
California judge requires parental notification for elementary school gender lesson - Washington Examiner
(The Center Square) — A California federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring parental notification and opt-outs for gender identity topics in an elementary school’s buddy program pairing older elementary students with younger mentees, citing concerns from the program’s controversial lesson in which fifth graders were enlisted to teach kindergarteners about gender identity. At issue is a specific buddy session, in which teachers se…
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CA judge requires parental notification for elementary school gender lesson
(The Center Square) - A California federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring parental notification and opt-outs for gender identity topics in an elementary school’s buddy program pairing older elementary students with younger mentees, citing concerns from the program’s controversial…
CA judge requires parental notification and opt-outs for elementary school gender lesson
A California federal judge issued a preliminary injunction requiring parental notification and opt-outs for gender identity topics in an elementary school’s buddy program pairing older elementary students with younger mentees, citing concerns from the program’s controversial lesson in which fifth graders were enlisted to teach kindergartners about gender identity.
Requiring Fifth-Graders to Read Pro-Gender-Ideology Books to Kindergarten Students (with No Opt Out) May Violate First Amendment
From Judge James Lorenz's order yesterday in S.E. v. Grey (S.D. Cal.): The school activity at issue occurred in the context of the buddy program, a weekly
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