Commentary
Over the last decade, California has been on a crusade to erode parental rights. By misinterpreting Education Code Section 221.5, commonly referred to as Assembly Bill 1266, the state is inducing teachers to withhold information from parents about their children. Specifically, it is permitting this bill to be used by teachers as a basis for barring parents from learning that their children have adopted new gender identities at school.
AB 1266 does not sanction schools to keep information hidden from parents. California law requires teachers to be open by providing parents with their children’s school records. Additionally, federal law requires transparency pursuant to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act which states that parents have “the right to inspect and review the education records of their children.”…