6th California School District Adopts Policy to Notify Parents of Child’s Gender Status Change

A sixth California school board passed a parent notification policy that will require schools to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender amid a

Community members gather outside of an Orange Unified School Board meeting, during which the board voted to approve a policy to require schools to notify parents when their child wishes to identify as transgender, in Orange, Calif., on Sept. 7, 2023. Mei Lee/The Epoch Times

A sixth California school board has passed a parent notification policy that will require schools to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender, amid a statewide debate over the issue.

It was nearly midnight when the seven-member Orange Unified School Board passed the policy with a 4–0 vote on its second reading at a Sept. 7 meeting that began at 7 p.m. Trustees Andrea Yamasaki, Ana Page, and Kris Erickson were absent at the time of the vote.