Virginia Beach Parents Sue School Board for Failing to Adopt Governor’s Transgender Policies

‘School boards have no discretion to reject the Model Policies,’ an attorney for the parents said.

A bathroom is set aside for transgender students at the University of California–Irvine in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Parents in Virginia Beach, Virginia, have filed a lawsuit to make the school board comply with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new model policies for transgender issues in schools, including one that would require students to use the bathroom corresponding to their biological sex rather than their chosen gender identity.

The lawsuit was filed by the Cooper & Kirk Law Firm on behalf of the two parents, arguing that the Virginia Beach school board is ignoring the parents’ right to make basic decisions about their child’s education and well-being.