Gallagher Bill on School Privacy Parental Rights
A new California bill would mandate teachers, counselors and other school employees to notify parents if a student identifies as publicly transgender. It would make school employees, within three days, to notify parents if they learn that a student is publicly identifying as transgender.
In January, the mother of a girl who was attending Sierra View Elementary School filed a civil suit against the Chico Unified School District alleging the a school counselor was helping her daughter socially transition her daughter's gender identity without her knowledge.
The notification would be triggered if the student participates in gender-segregated sports or opts to use bathroom facilities for a gender other than the one appearing on their birth certificate. Trans advocates call it part of "culture war attacks." Assemblyman James Gallagher, Author of the Bill, , argues this is a way for parents to get involved in their child's well-being.