One California school district’s rules on Critical Race Theory and transgender parental notification will remain in place, at least for now, a judge has ruled.
The Temecula Valley Unified School District south of Los Angeles prohibits schools from teaching certain elements of Critical Race Theory and requires schools to inform parents if their children ask to identify as a new gender.
A group of parents, students, and teachers sued over the policies, seeking a preliminary injunction to block their enforcement.
However, on Friday, Riverside Superior Court Judge Eric Keen denied that request.
The judge rejected the group’s claim that the school board’s ban on Critical Race Theory curriculum content was vague, pointing out that the policy prohibits specific elements of the ideology.
“It seems clear to the court that a person of ordinary intelligence would have a reasonable…