School district in Roseville to consider gender notification policy

A Roseville school district will become the latest in California to consider a policy to notify parents if their child requests to be identified as a gender other than their biological gender. The Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District Board of Trustees is expected to discuss the policy at their meeting on Thursday. The issue listed on the meeting agenda would be an addition to a regulation outlining parental rights and responsibilities. The proposed policy for transgender or nonbinary students has an exception, delaying notification if there’s evidence of safety concerns to the child. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has joined LGBTQ+ advocates in condemning similar efforts by other school districts to require parental notification if kids change their pronouns, saying the efforts amount to forced outings of children who are not ready or feel safe sharing their gender identity with their families.