California LGBTQ Caucus Seeks to Ban Parental Notification Policies for Student Gender Identities

The California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus is pushing new legislation that would ban school boards from enacting and enforcing notification policies to inform parents if their children change gender identities at school. LGBTQ Caucus vice-chair Assemblyman Chris Ward (D-San Diego) introduced Assembly Bill 1955 along with other members of the 13-member caucus comprised of Democrats on May 22. AB 1955 would prohibit schools “from enacting or enforcing any policy, rule, or administrative regulation that requires an employee or a contractor to disclose any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to any other person without the pupil’s consent unless otherwise required by law,” according to the proposed bill text....