Supreme Court Declines Parents’ Challenge to Wisconsin Transgender School Policy

Two lower courts had dismissed the case, finding that a parents’ group lacked standing.

Supreme Court Associate Justices Elena Kagan (L), Clarence Thomas (2L), Samuel Alito (2R) and Chief Justice John Roberts (R) arrive for services for former President George H.W. Bush at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 3, 2018. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo

The Supreme Court turned away a challenge on Dec. 9 to a Wisconsin school district’s policy of allowing students to undergo gender identity transitions without informing parents.

The decision to deny the petition came in the form of an unsigned order in Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau Claire Area School District. The members of the unincorporated group challenging the policy are parents of children enrolled in the school district.