The ACLU of Virginia filed lawsuits against the Virginia Department of Education on behalf of two transgender students. The lawsuits claim the students were harmed by the state’s model policies on the treatment of transgender students. The students are a high schooler in York County and a middle schooler in Hanover County. Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration released the 2023 Model Policies .
Late last week the Connecticut State Department of Education (“CSDE” or “Department”) issued new guidance addressing the rights of transgender students in Connecticut schools. Entitled.
A year of intense debate ended Tuesday night with the Virginia Beach School Board’s vote to finally adopt the state’s model policies on the treatment of transgender students. These regulation changes will require parental permission for students to go by nicknames and preferred names and pronouns, to receive counseling services pertaining to gender and address facility use, such as bathrooms .