Chris Ward – California Globe

California’s ‘First Partner’ One-Ups Maryland Schools’ LGBTQ-Themed Storybooks

April 24, 2025 3:26 pmApril 24, 2025 3:26 pm

The group of parents who sued the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland over its refusal to allow parents of elementary school children to opt out of classes with LGBTQ-themed storybooks, argue that the school system cannot require children...

U.S. Department Of Education Launches Investigation Into State Student Pronoun Change Law

March 28, 2025 2:00 pmMarch 28, 2025 2:01 pm

The U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) announced on Thursday that they would be launching an investigation into the California Department of Education (CDE) over a state law that prohibits school districts from allowing teachers to let...

Devious New California Law Prohibits Libraries from ‘Banning’ Pornographic Library Books

December 17, 2024 12:14 pmDecember 18, 2024 4:47 pm

A new law goes into effect January 1st ostensibly to prohibit school libraries from “banning” books. But the new law is not what you may think it is. Its sole purpose is not to protect your kids from pornographic library...

Schools Brace For New Law Prohibiting Notifying Parents of Students Pronoun Change

December 14, 2024 8:14 amDecember 14, 2024 8:17 am

Schools across California have continued to scramble this month to be prepared for a new law coming into effect on January 1st that prohibits school districts from allowing teachers to notify parents if their child is using a new pronoun...

Huntington Beach Sues State Over New Law Requiring Schools to Hide a Child’s Gender Transition from Parents

September 18, 2024 5:20 pmSeptember 18, 2024 5:20 pm

A new law signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in July that prohibits schools from notifying parents if their child is “gender confused” or “transitioning” to the opposite sex, was legally challenged with a lawsuit by the City of Huntington Beach...

CA Senate Passes Bill to Replace Parents with State School Employees for ‘Gender Confused’ Students

June 17, 2024 2:49 pmJune 18, 2024 9:57 am

California parents are systematically being replaced by school counselors, teachers, mental health providers, abortion providers, “gender-affirming” trans care specialists, or any number of adults willing to give vaccines, feed kids drugs, provide opposite-sex hormones, authorize gender surgeries, and get them...

Bill to Ban School Notification Of Pronoun Change to Parents Passed By Senate

June 14, 2024 1:09 pm

A bill that would prohibit school districts from allowing teachers to let parents know if their child is using a new pronoun at school passed the Senate on Thursday in a divisive 29-8 with 3 abstentions vote. Assembly Bill 1955,...