Schools Can’t Bar Teachers From Telling Parents if Children Are Transgender, Judge Rules

Federal judge strikes down 'gender secrecy' policies in California public schools

A federal judge struck down a California policy on Monday that prohibited school staff from revealing a student's gender identity to their families.

In California Ruling, Transparency Prevails over Gender Secrecy

A federal judge invalidates California’s gender-secrecy rules, affirming parents’ constitutional right to be informed when children express gender incongruence at school.

Judge OK's teachers telling parents about students' preferred gender identities

A San Diego federal judge has blocked California school policies prohibiting teachers from sharing students' preferred gender identities with their parents.U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez granted summary judgment Monday in the case originally filed by two teachers from Rincon Middle School in Escondido who sued over Escondido Union School District policies requiring them to use pronouns or gender-specific names requested by students, while keep

Federal judge finds parents have right to receive gender information

SAN DIEGO – Parents have a constitutional right to be informed if their children socially transition their gender at school and teachers have a constitutional right to tell parents about the transition, a federal judge in Southern California ruled this week. In a 52-page opinion handed down Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Roger Benitez said the case – Mirabelli v. Olson – presented four questions about a “parent’s right to information as again…

Schools can’t bar teachers from telling parents if children are transgender, San Diego federal judge rules

Parents have a constitutional right to be informed if their child changes their gender presentation at school, and schools can’t hide that information from parents, a San Diego federal judge ruled in a class-action lawsuit. In a 52-page decision handed down Monday night, Judge Roger Benitez ruled that parents have a constitutional right to know if their child may be transgender and that California public schools cannot in any way prevent employe…

Judge rules schools may not hide students' gender transitions from parents

A federal judge in Southern California ruled this week the state may no longer bar teachers from informing parents when their children socially transition to a different gender at school.