Court Rules Parents Can’t Challenge “Gender Support Plans”

metroweekly.com:

Reuters.Under the policy, school staff is expected to create a plan governing a student’s preferred names, pronouns, participation in athletics or school extracurricular activities, and the restroom and locker room facilities they are allowed to access.The policy also requires teachers and counselors to gauge the level of support a student “receives or anticipates receiving” from their parent if such information is disclosed.While ideally, the gender support plans work “toward inclusion of the family,” school staff may choose to withhold information about the plans if a student’s family would not support their coming out or socially transitioning.

In response to the policy, three parents, backed by the National Legal Foundation, a conservative Christian group, sued.They argued that the policy violates their due process rights under the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment, which protects the right of parents to direct the care of their children as they see fit.But two appointees of former President Donald Trump — U.S.

Circuit Judges A. Marvin Quattlebaum and Allison Jones Rushing — found that the parents lacked standing to pursue their “compelling arguments” and dismissed the case without prejudice, meaning it may be refiled at a later date.

Quattlebaum, who authored the court’s opinion, noted that because the families did not allege their children had gender support plans or were transgender, the policy did not apply to them. “This case begins and ends with standing,” Quattlebaum wrote.