ROCKLIN — A Northern California school district is being sued by the state over allegations the district failed to carry out corrective actions in a controversial gender notification policy adopted last summer.
The California Department of Education (CDE) received a complaint on September 7, 2023, from a Placer County educator who accused the Rocklin Unified School District of adopting a policy the day prior that was discriminatory to marginalized students, according to court documents obtained by CBS Sacramento.
The policy, which was approved by the district that September, required schools to notify parents if their children requested to be identified as anything other than their biological sex, use a different name or pronouns that do not align with their biological gender, or request to use bathrooms that don’t align with their gender.
Now, the lawsuit claims the CDE is seeking a court order against the district after it has “unlawfully refused and failed” to take corrective measures outlined in a CDE investigative report released on February 1, 2024. The CDE began its investigation on September 22, 2023.