The state Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil rights complaint against the Hanover Township school district and requested an emergency court order to stop the district from implementing a policy adopted Tuesday night that would require teachers to disclose to parents the gender identity and sexual orientation of LGBTQIA+ students.
The school district has, in turn, challenged the state, saying it will “vigorously defend” this policy which it says “protects parental rights and ensures the safety of all school children.”
Schools in New Jersey are required to accept a student’s preferred gender identity and pronouns without parental consent, according to the state’s Law Against Discrimination and the state Department of Education’s Transgender Student Guidance issued in 2018. The Attorney General’s lawsuit says that the new policy adopted by Hanover Township violates state law and is in contradiction with its own existing transgender student policies.
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