The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California schools to inform parents if their children identify as transgender without student approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.
This order temporarily blocks a state law that prohibited automatic parental notification when students change their pronouns or gender expression at school.
The ruling follows challenges from religious parents and educators against California school policies preventing schools from outing students to their families.
Catholic parents, represented by the Thomas More Society, claimed schools misled them and secretly facilitated their children's social transition despite their objections.
California officials countered that students have a right to privacy regarding their gender expression, especially if they fear family rejection, and that school policies aimed to balance this with parental rights.
The high court, though, sided with the parents and reinstated a....
