The Supreme Court blocked on Monday a California policy that prohibited school personnel from notifying parents when students requested changes to their documented gender identity at school, without the students’ permission.
Parents and teachers had asked the high court to rule on the case, Mirabelli v. Bonta, after a federal appeals court had reinstated the state policy.
“Plaintiffs alleged that California’s policies permitted disclosure of a student’s gender transitioning at school only if the student consented. Plaintiffs claimed that these policies violated their rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” stated the ruling.
“We conclude that the parents who seek religious exemptions are likely to succeed on the merits of their Free Exercise Clause claim.”
