California Senate Approves Ban on Schools Informing Parents of Student’s Gender Identity

Published on June 14, 2024

California lawmakers voted June 13 to advance legislation to ban school districts from notifying parents about social gender transitions at school without the student’s permission. The state Senate voted 29–8 to approve Assembly Bill 1955 and send it back to the Assembly for final approval of amendments. Sen. Susan Eggman (D-Stockton), who presented the bill on behalf of its author, Assemblyman Chris Ward (D-San Diego), and the 13-member California Legislative LBGTQ Caucus, said before the vote the bill would “put some guardrails” on the “forced outing” policies passed recently by some California school boards. “We know some of those policies have not been able to go into effect. We know some of those school board members have since been recalled,” she said....

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