California Attorney General Seeks Final Decision in Parent Notification Lawsuit Despite School Policy Change

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is doubling down on his opposition to a local school district’s policy requiring schools to notify parents if their child asks for changes on their school record—including their gender identity and pronouns. Mr. Bonta on April 24 filed a motion asking the court to make a final decision in his lawsuit, filed in August, against the Chino Valley Unified School board’s original parent notification policy. Last August, Mr. Bonta sued the school board over the policy, which then 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....