Judge blocks Chino Valley's controversial parental notification policy amid legal battle

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The policy would require school staff to tell parents if their child asks to change their gender identification. Part of the policy will stay blocked until a final decision on the case is made.

will remain halted after a judge granted a preliminary injunction Thursday to block them until a final decision is made in the case.Superior Court Judge Michael A. Sachs, who called portions of the policy unconstitutional, came after another judge temporarily halted the policy in September. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who"This case is about a policy that is discriminatory," Delbert Tran, a deputy attorney general representing the state, said at the hearing.

Sachs denied on Thursday the state’s request to block another part of the policy requiring school staff to notify parents if their child asks for information in their student records to be changed. "Chino Valley implemented this policy because it values the role that parents play in the educational process and understands that giving parents access to important information about their children is necessary," Rae said.

School district policies requiring school staff to notify parents of their child’s gender identification change bubbled up after a bill by Republican Assemblymember Bill Essayli, which would have implemented the policy statewide, failed to receive a hearing in the Legislature this year. Essayli then worked with school board members and the California Family Council to help draft the policy that was voted on at Chino Valley.

 

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