California Public Schools Hid ‘Gender Support Plans’ From Parents, Education Department Says

The state Department of Education was issued a corrective action plan that required school leaders to share student records with parents.

Staff and students walk through a hallway at a California school in a file photo. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The California Department of Education allowed public schools to conceal records on gender transitions and to use software that hid student name changes on the parent portal, a senior U.S. Education Department official said on Wednesday.

An investigation into Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act violations across the Golden State found that many districts maintained records about student gender transitions that were purposely kept out of cumulative files that parents have a legal right to access.