AB 1314 in Calif. would make schools out trans students to parents
15.03.2023 - 11:31
/ qvoicenews.com
Republican Assembly member Bill Essayli, who represents the 63rd District in western Riverside County, has introduced AB 1314. The bill would give school districts three days to notify parents, in writing, once a school employee learns a student identifies as a gender that doesn’t align with their birth certificate or other official records. For example, asking to be identified by a different gender or participating in sports of the opposite gender. Photo: Office of Bill Essayli
California schools would be required to tell parents their child is transgender, all in the name of championing parents’ rights and helping youth, under a new bill.
Critics, however, argue the legislation would threaten LGBTQ students’ safety.
AB 1314 was introduced this week by first-term Republican Assembly member Bill Essayli, who represents the 63rd District in western Riverside County.
The bill would give school districts three days to notify parents, in writing, once a school employee learns a student identifies as a gender that doesn’t align with their birth certificate or other official records. For example, asking to be identified by a different gender or participating in sports of the opposite gender.
“Public policy should never presume that a parent does not have the best interests for that child,” Essayli said during a Monday news conference to promote AB 1314.
“Concealing information from parents is not only wrong, it’s dangerous and harmful to the emotional and physical safety of trans minors,” he said.
Essayli told The Sacramento Bee that the California Family Council, which describes itself as “advancing God’s design for life, family and liberty through California’s church, capitol and culture,” approached him about sponsoring the