Judge says challenge to 'parental notification law' can proceed

Judge says challenge to 'parental notification law' can proceed

Photo illustration by Getty Images.A ruling by a Lewis and Clark County District Court judge has cleared the way for school counselors to challenge laws that require parental notification anytime subjects of gender, sexuality or identity are brought up in the classroom, even as attorneys for the State of Montana argued the challenge should be dismissed. Judge Christopher Abbott ruled that Senate Bill 99, which was passed by the 2021 Legislature …