Attorney General Rob Bonta said the policy ‘wrongfully endangers’ non-conforming students.

State Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday to stop a Southern California school district from outing transgender students to their parents, arguing that the policy violates students’ civil and constitutional rights and could cause them “mental emotional, psychological, and potential physical harm.”

Bonta’s suit against the Chino Valley Unified School District is the latest attempt by Democratic state officials to combat the recent adoption of such policies by conservative school boards. The outcome of the case could have bearing on other districts that have enacted similar rules in the last two months, including Murrieta Valley, Temecula and Anderson Union High School.

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The policy passed last month by the Chino Valley Unified School Board requires schools to inform parents whenever a student asks to use a different name or pronoun than what’s in their official record, or if a student requests to use facilities or participate in programs that don’t align with their assigned sex. A similar statewide proposal, introduced by Republican Assemblymember Bill Essayli, stalled and has almost no chance of becoming law in the Democratic supermajority Legislature.

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.world
    110·
    1 year ago

    So why haven’t they???

    If they can do more than one thing, so what has stopped them in the past?

    You help the many, not the fringe minority first.

    • acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      Lots of these issues stem from NIMBY cities and towns that block shelters and higher density housing from being built. There are lawsuits from the State vs. individual cities to try and counter this. Add in abuse of Historical Districts by these same cities, and you realize that the state government isn’t some all powerful government entity that can easily force change.

      Look at all the drama and fighting back against SB-9.

      • Hazdaz@lemmy.world
        18·
        1 year ago

        You just stated that they are not an all powerful government entity that can force change… But you want them to be an all powerful government entity that can override the school districts mentioned in this article. How is that not hypocrisy?

        • acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          1 year ago

          Well when it comes to human rights, yes, absolutely they should force certain standards. This isn’t the state forcing schools to pick a school color.

          Bad faith arguments from the right absolutely.