I read a little more about California’s AB1955. That actually makes sense. It doesn’t ban educators from communicating home but it makes it so they aren’t required. Which actually makes a lot of sense from a litigation standpoint. A parent wants some easy money so they accuse the district of withholding information because at some point their student told someone at the school (teacher, principal, custodian, bus driver, etc) about something related to gender dysphoria and it wasn’t immediately reported home. This law allows educators to still contact home but eliminates the requirement to contact home. I’m not sure how I feel about that as I tend to error on safety when it comes to school/home relations. But I definitely get from the viewpoint of ending drama and ending frivolous lawsuits, removing this requirement.
I don’t think the public knows how often parents accuse district employees (and volunteers) of stupid things to get free money. Here in Utah a kid skipped class the last week of school to have sex with his girlfriend. His parents then sued the district for it because him having sex violated his religious rights and that the district should’ve done more to enforce attendance. Anyone here remember the last week of high school? How do you keep attendance on a yearbook day?
California AB 1955, or the SAFETY Act, became law on July 15th. What does it mean for parents, students, and teachers? Learn more today.
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The core argument of the complaint, she wrote, was that since the district gave students free time during the final week of school, it did not do enough “to aid their efforts as parents to prevent [their son] JD from having sex.”
But the parents, identified only as John and Jane Doe, “have not provided any authority supporting the proposition that the government has a constitutional duty to help them parent JD,” Parrish decided.
The parents had hoped to block the district from relaxing attendance rules for the end of the school year, according to their lawsuit.
After Utah County parents discovered their son was having sex with his girlfriend during school hours, they sued the Alpine School District.
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