California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed Assembly Bill 1955, the bill to prohibit school districts from requiring staff to notify parents if a child requests to be addressed by a different name or pronouns or to access a bathroom or school activities for a sex other than what appears on their birth certificate.
The signature came as tensions over the subject have reached an all-time high.
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Gov. Newsom signs bill to ban school district ‘forced outings’ of transgender students
- by: Andrew Sheeler, Jenavieve Hatch
- 2024-07-26
- Source:
Yahoo News
- 07/26/2024
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