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Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's new model policies for the treatment of transgender students are in line with federal and state nondiscrimination laws and school boards must follow their guidance, the state's attorney general said in a nonbinding legal analysis released Thursday.
Virginia School Boards Must Adhere to Gov. Youngkin’s New Policies on Transgender Students, AG Says
Legal analysis by Virginia's attorney general says the state's new model policies about transgender students fall in line with federal laws.
In the memo, Dr. Lisa Coons said school boards "must comply" with the directive to "be in compliance with state law."
... and there may not be much that the governor can legally do about it.