US Supreme Court rejects Florida school gender-identity policy challenge
The justices left intact a lower-court ruling that parents failed to prove a constitutional violation over a school support plan for a student’s gender identity.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court denied without comment a request to hear oral arguments in Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County, an appeal challenging a Florida policy that allowed a student to socially transition without parental consent.
- The dispute originated in 2020 when officials at Deerlake Middle School in Tallahassee allegedly created a 'covert gender affirmation plan' for the Littlejohns' 13-year-old child without notifying the parents or obtaining their consent.
- A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 against the parents, concluding the school's actions did not 'shock the conscience,' while the Leon County School Board revised its procedures in June 2022 to require parental notification.
- By denying certiorari, the Supreme Court leaves the 11th Circuit's dismissal in place, avoiding a ruling on whether schools violate parental rights when affirming a student's gender transition without parental knowledge.
- The justices also turned away a similar Massachusetts case last week, as disputes over student privacy and parental rights continue across the United States in schools nationwide.
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