A federal judge handed parental rights groups a major victory in California Thursday, blocking enforcement of a local school district policy that prevents teachers from telling parents if their child begins identifying under a different gender.
U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez, in a 36-page ruling, criticized the policy by the Escondido Union School District and ruled that two teachers who sued the district over the policy “are likely to succeed” in the case.
Under the district’s policy, a female student can, for example, secretly identify as a male during school hours and use a male name and male pronouns. Teachers and staff, though, are prohibited from disclosing the student’s new identification to parents unless the student grants permission.
Benitez ruled that the policy likely violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. He granted a preliminary injunction blocking the policy.
Parental involvement, he wrote, is “essential to the healthy maturation of…
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