The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has ruled that the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) may continue enforcing a policy that prevents school authorities from divulging a student’s transgender identity to their parents without the student’s permission.
In 2018, the MMSD introduced a policy according to which transgender, gender non-conforming, and nonbinary students were considered to be at risk of losing financial or emotional support from families if they reveal their sexual orientation or gender identity. As such, school staff were required to only refer to students using the name and gender registered in the school’s internal system when communicating with parents. To do so otherwise was prohibited unless the staff received permission from the student.
