Schools are allowed to keep a childs sexuality a secret from their parents. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with the breaking information on this. Kevin good evening. Reporter evening trace. Three Monmouth County new jersey districts are being sued by the state of new jersey for passing versions of policy requiring teachers to inform parents if a student is seeking a transgender accommodation, such as using a new pronoun or bathroom. Today was the first time the state publicly argued its case against the middletown, marlboro and Manalapan Englishtown School Districts, districts whose leaders agree that the aim here, trace, is to strike a balance between care for the children and the rights of parents. I dont think that our policy is discriminatory in any way. I think we carefully crafted it to be compassionate and to actually attend to the needs of our district. Reporter meanwhile a spokesperson for the Office Of The Attorney General in new jersey said in a
william really still a lot of questions unanswered. reporter: yeah, and the governor did give us a briefing a few moments ago and i want to go over the top lines with you trace. number one 27%, that s not a lot, of the burn area has been searched by those recovery teams. they found 101 fatalities, they ve identified four individuals, are in the process of notifying the families. the feds have brought in a mobile morgue along with coroners and pathologists because of the size of the operation. governor said he would assign state and private attorneys to lahaina land owners to protect them from, quote, predatory developers and would not allow any of that land to be sold to outsiders. you can be sure i will not be allowing anyone to build or rezone or do anything of that sort if they ve taken advantage of anyone here. reporter: so the most immediate challenges accounting for the 1,000 individuals who are still considered missing, 20 dogs, 90 recovery workers are in the disaster zone