FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education under President Donald Trump launched an investigation into the California Department of Education Thursday in a move that could prevent the Golden State bureaucracy from weaseling its way out of a key parental notification lawsuit.
The lawsuit focuses on California school policies preventing teachers from notifying parents if their children identify as transgender while at school—unless the minors give their consent. A federal judge has ruled in favor of teachers who wish to notify parents, but California’s government has attempted to firm up the anti-notification policies. The Trump administration’s move assists the case, a lawyer says.
“This whole empire of gender secrecy policies is going to crumble very soon,” Paul Jonna, a partner at LiMandri and Jonna LLP and special counsel to the Thomas More…
