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In 2020, the General Assembly passed a law requiring local school divisions to adopt model policies extending rights to transgender students. But even as debates over those policies have convulsed school board meetings across the state and been debated by the candidates for governor, many districts remain out of compliance . They’ve either rejected the […]
It’s been well over a month since the start of the K-12 school year. But most school districts in central Virginia have not adopted state-suggested model policies to protect transgender students.
The American Civil Liberties Union announced Thursday that the Gloucester County School Board will be ordered to pay more than $1.3 million in attorney's fees and costs in Gavin Grimm's discrimination case.
Lawsuit targeting transgender student policies dismissed AP Photo/Steve Helber Victoria Cobb, of The Family Foundation, speaks during a news conference at the foundation offices in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Cobb announced the filing of a lawsuit challenging the state Department of Education's newly issued guidelines on the treatment of transgender students. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) By: The Associated Press and last updated 2021-07-29 18:07:01-04 LYNCHBURG, Va. -- A Virginia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by faith-based conservative groups challenging guidelin...
BY DAVID TRAN AND JESS NOCERA Richmond Times-Dispatch RICHMOND â When Meredithâs son, who is transgender, started his freshman year at Henrico High School in 2017, Meredith emailed his teachers asking them to use his preferred name and pronouns. She said the teachers were more than willing to comply. However, getting his name changed in the school's online system was a little more challenging, said Meredith, who asked that only her first name and her son's first initial "E" be used for privacy reasons. There were hiccups along the way â the school would not up...