Feds Say California ‘Aggressively’ Forcing Gender Secrecy Policy On Schools In Violation of Federal Law

The Department of 🎓Education (ED) on Wednesday announced it has found the California Department of 🎓Education (CDE) in violation of federal law over its aggressive enforcement of gender secrecy policies at schools.

A senior department official told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation that CDE has “aggressively” pursued legal action against schools in the state that refuse to comply with the state’s law requiring school staff to hide a child’s gender identity from parents. The state has two weeks to respond to ED’s request to come into compliance with the federal student privacy and parental rights law, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

“For years, the CDE’s policies and practices have created state-directed pressure for schools to violate FERPA by concealing student records about a child’s so-called gender transition from a child’s parents,” the official stated. “During our investigation, we uncovered a systemic problem of schools maintaining secret records such as gender support plans and other records of the like, and claiming that they are not part of a student’s cumulative record, which is accessible to parents under FERPA.”

The official did not say what enforcement actions the department is prepared to use if the state continues its noncompliance.

California state law forbids