BAPTIST PRESS: Iowa parents win temporary relief from transgender school policy
Iowa parents have temporarily blocked a public school policy requiring their children to use the preferred pronouns of their transgender classmates and share bathrooms with them or face expulsion.
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CBN: Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Parent’s Rights Group, Halts School’s Trans Mandates
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a parental rights group that challenged an Iowa school district on its policy requiring staff and students to affirm their classmate’s…
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8th Circuit Court Rules in Favor of PDE in Linn-Mar Community School District Lawsuit; Upholds Students’ Right to Freedom of Speech on Gender Ideology
Parents Defending Education (PDE) has just prevailed in Parents Defending Education v. Linn-Mar Community School District et al; the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit remanded with directions…
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DAILY CALLER: Court Unanimously Rules To Halt District Policy That Forces Students To ‘Respect’ Gender Identity
An Eighth Circuit Court panel of judges unanimously ruled Friday that an Iowa school district’s policy requiring students and staff to “respect” their classmates’ gender identity was “unconstitutionally vague,” according…
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THE GAZETTE: Linn-Mar schools’ transgender policy too vague, violates free speech, court rules
By not defining ‘respect,’ policy could be applied arbitrarily, according to the judge…
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EDUCATION WEEK: Appeals Court Blocks District Policy That Requires Students to ‘Respect’ Gender Identity
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked an Iowa school district’s policy that bars staff members or students from refusing to “respect” a student’s gender identity, such as by not…
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BLOOMBERG: Iowa School District’s Policy on Gender Identity Partly Blocked
An Iowa school district’s policy outlining how to address the needs of transgender and gender-conforming students is too vague in part, the Eighth Circuit ruled Friday, reversing a lower court’s…
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Littleton Public Schools has transgender guidance that appears to explain that parents can be left in the dark regarding their children’s gender identity
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to Littleton Public Schools seeking any guidelines or guidance the school district has regarding transgender issues. PDE received a document back from…
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Parents Defending Education Opening Brief in Olentangy Local School District Board of Education Lawsuit
On September 25, 2023, Parents Defending Education filed its opening brief in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education, et. al. On August 15, 2023,…
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