Virginia Supreme Court has already determined transgender students have a right to the bathroom that matches their identity regardless of whether a parent approves or contacts the school.
Educators and Administrators are required by law to protect students from physical, emotional abuse. Students who inform the school about abuse or the potential for abuse are required to act in the child’s best interest. As a result, transgender students that fear for their safety at home can not communicate their identity status to the home. Schools are not actually transitioning children thus their actions in communicating and providing support is not illegal and not providing such services would go against the statutes already highlighted here. Students who say they fear for their safety should not be outted to their parents.
Furthermore, bathrooms are no different than locker rooms thus trying to redefine the space is not within good faith of the Virginia Supreme Court decision.
there is no reason to allow for one and not the other.
as for sports transgender students are again equally protected as females under the law of title IV to prevent a transgender student from participating in the program that matches their identity; the school is endangering that students both physically and mentally. To place a transgender girl on a boy’s sports team endangers their safety during the action of the sport and opens the transgender students for outting which further endangers their safety. Additionally, there is no scientific proof that transgender female middle and high school students have any physical advantages over other girls. Without such proof, this portion of the statue is illegal and defies title IV.
Finally, a teacher has no more rights than a student in school. A teacher does not have the right to violate a student’s privacy and/ or religious beliefs of transgender identity. This recognition of the right to religious freedom by being without religion has been upheld in the Federal Supreme Court numerous times. Tthe Supreme Court decisions that not having a religion is in itself a religion and a protected religious right. This one believing that transgender identify does not go against their religion is protected.
In addition the student must be protected under title IV. Put together the school is required to put the student’s best interest and rights ahead of a teacher who can simply change jobs if they disagree with a policy students do not have that freedom teacher may not put students and disregard their identity for any reason
The totality of this policy is moot and inconsistent with current laws and statutes. This policy can not and should not be implemented.