The ACLU of Virginia filed lawsuits on behalf of two transgender students, asking judges to vacate state guidance rolling back trans protections in schools.
that roll back protections for trans and gender-nonconforming students violate state law and have led to discrimination against them.
The Virginia Department of Education’s model policies offer guidance to school districts across the state as they set policies for transgender students, but they are not hard requirements. “These model policies are in direct conflict with what we know trans and nonbinary students need to succeed in public education,” Rolla said. “The second piece is they conflict with existing law.”said the department had yet to be served with the lawsuits, so he couldn’t comment. A spokeswoman for Youngkin did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday.
The model policies stem from a 2020 law that directed the education department to develop guidance to address “common issues regarding transgender students in accordance with evidence-based best practices and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards.”Introduced by Democratic lawmakers, the law was designed to add protections for transgender students in K-12 public schools.
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