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Samantha

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From: Seattle, WA, USA

Registered: 2023-05-06

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Virginia releases updated transgender student model policies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/educatio … -youngkin/

Virginia releases updated transgender student model policies

    Virginia’s Education Department moved forward with a set of controversial model policies for the treatment of transgender students in schools Tuesday afternoon that requires students to use school facilities that match their biological sex and makes it harder for students to change their name or pronoun at school.

    The first version, issued in September by the administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), required transgender students to use school facilities and programs that match the sex they were assigned at birth and makes it harder for students to change their name or pronoun at school.

    The VDOE updated model policies reaffirm my administration’s continued commitment to ensure that every parent is involved in conversations regarding their child’s education, upbringing, and care.”

    The 2023 policies take effect Wednesday, according to the document.

    “These policies provide families the opportunity to weigh in on their child’s decisions and be a partner in their education,” Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Coons said in a statement. “

    Youngkin’s policies made Virginia a flash point in a national discussion — mostly by conservative lawmakers — regarding regulations and restrictions around the treatment of trans youths in schools.