Legislative News – 08-19-2021

Virginia school board votes down transgender student policies

  • State guidelines that are aimed to protect transgender students have been voted on to be ignored by the Virginia school board
  • Under the law, school districts must adopt policies consistent with or more comprehensive than the model policies
  • They include allowing students to use school bathrooms and locker rooms that conform to their gender identity and allowing students to use pronouns and a name that reflects their gender identity

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