A federal judge has ordered California schools to halt enforcement of “parental exclusion policies,” issuing a class-wide permanent injunction in a ruling that supporters described as a major victory for parental rights.
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez granted summary judgment Monday in favor of parents and teachers challenging the policies and permanently barred their enforcement statewide.
The policies required school officials to withhold information from parents when a student expressed a change in gender identity or requested a different name or pronouns, a practice Benitez said violates the Constitution.
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