@user63334335336732: A high-performing New Jersey school district is facing a lawsuit over a policy involving students’ names, gender identities, and what parents are told. The Chathams School District policy reportedly allows students to use a different name or gender identity at school without automatically notifying their parents. It also allows students to access bathrooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity, according to reports. But one part of the policy is now at the center of the legal battle. Guidance counselors reportedly have authority to decide “whether, and to what extent” parents should be informed. Moms for Liberty, Moms for America, and two anonymous parents filed the lawsuit on Aug. 24. They claim the policy violates parents’ constitutional due-process rights under the 14th Amendment. The plaintiffs also argue that students could face school discipline for refusing to use another student’s requested name or pronouns. But the district has defended its approach. School board President Ann Ciccareli said the district must follow New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination and state guidance concerning transgender students. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has acknowledged that the state’s 2018 guidance itself is not mandatory, according to NJ.com. The lawsuit also follows a recent Supreme Court injunction involving a similar California dispute, though the court has not ruled on whether such policies are ultimately constitutional. Now the question goes beyond one school district: how much should schools be allowed to keep from parents when a student asks for privacy? Where should the line between student privacy and parental rights be drawn? #NewJersey #ParentRights #SchoolPolicy #EducationNews #legalnews

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