US EditionUS Supreme Court rejects Florida school gender-identity policy challenge
The justices left intact a lower-court ruling that parents failed to prove a constitutional violation over a school support plan for a student’s gender identity.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court denied without comment a request to hear oral arguments in Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County, an appeal challenging a Florida policy that allowed a student to socially transition without parental consent.
- The dispute originated in 2020 when officials at Deerlake Middle School in Tallahassee allegedly created a 'covert gender affirmation plan' for the Littlejohns' 13-year-old child without notifying the parents or obtaining their consent.
- A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 against the parents, concluding the school's actions did not 'shock the conscience,' while the Leon County School Board revised its procedures in June 2022 to require parental notification.
- By denying certiorari, the Supreme Court leaves the 11th Circuit's dismissal in place, avoiding a ruling on whether schools violate parental rights when affirming a student's gender transition without parental knowledge.
- The justices also turned away a similar Massachusetts case last week, as disputes over student privacy and parental rights continue across the United States in schools nationwide.
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U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Consider Leon Schools Gender Identity Case
By: The News Service of Florida The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal in a case involving the Leon County School District that inspired Florida’s new laws regarding the teaching of gender and sexuality in the classroom. In 2021, January Littlejohn sued the school district, alleging teachers and administrators violated her parental rights after speaking with her child about a “gender support plan” without her consent. The case was a…
SCOTUS Leaves Parents In The Dark After Florida School Hid Daughter’s Gender Transition - Tampa Free Press
In a blow to parental rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to intervene in a case where a Florida school district actively hid a daughter’s gender transition from her mother and father. By turning away the appeal from January and Jeffrey Littlejohn, the high court has effectively left a door open for “woke” […] SCOTUS Leaves Parents In The Dark After Florida School Hid Daughter’s Gender Transition
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Florida Parents’ Challenge Over Gender Secrecy at School
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 27 said it would not hear an appeal from Florida parents who say school personnel illegally did not disclose the gender transition of their daughter. Six or more of the nine Supreme Court justices declined to take up the case after a federal district court and an appeals court ruled against the parents. No justices disclosed their vote count. No justices commented on declining the petition, which was filed by Jeff…
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