Court Sides With Parents in California Case Over State’s Transgender Notification Policy

A California lawsuit alleging a school district’s parental notification policy for student gender identity violates teachers’ First Amendment rights will continue after a judge denied motions to dismiss the case on Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez said Mirabelli v. Olson would continue after California Attorney General Rob Bonta, members of the California Department of Education and the Escondido Union School District sought to have the lawsuit thrown out because the parental notification policy is “just a suggestion.” “Here, the State Defendants say the Plaintiffs lack standing because there is no harm to parents or teachers because the policy is just a suggestion,” according to court documents.