Facing State Suit, School District Updates Policy on Notifying Parents of Trans Kids

The Chino Valley Unified School District made changes to its parent notification policy last week as it faces a lawsuit from state Attorney General Rob Bonta, who called the policy discriminatory. The original policy, passed in July, required district schools to notify parents in writing within three days if their child requests to be identified as a different gender, changes their name and pronouns in the classroom and uses the bathroom and locker room facilities of a different gender. On March 7, the Chino Valley School Board voted 4-1 to update its policy to state that such notification should occur only if a child requests to change any information in their official or unofficial record....