Governor Youngkin Must Defend Parental Rights
Did you know that the Virginia state government instructs schools to create Gender Support Plans that hide a child’s new name, pronoun, and gender identity from his or her parents?
It’s true!
Gov. Youngkin is finally saying school districts shouldn’t secretly socially transition students. He thinks Fairfax Co. shouldn’t train “teachers on how to cut parents out of these most critical decisions for their children.” But that’s exactly what state policies instruct ALL Virginia school districts to do!
According to the Virginia Department of Education’s (VDOE) Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, “There are no regulations requiring school staff to notify a parent or guardian of a student’s request to affirm their gender identity.”
Under Virginia state law, EVERY local school board must adopt policies consistent with the state’s activist-drafted model policies. If Governor Youngkin wants to make schools accountable to parents, he must change his own government’s policies.
Take action today, and tell Gov. Youngkin to revise the state’s “model policies” that undermine parental rights and put emotionally vulnerable students at risk.
The “model policies” encourage schools to draft Gender Support Plans that “may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents or guardians.”
Use the form below or click HERE to tell Governor Youngkin to stand up for parental rights!
