Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., joins 'The Story' to weigh in on a school district publicly defying the new model policies set by Virginia's Education Department.
Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin discusses some schools defying his new gender policy requiring students to use their birth sex for bathrooms, responding ‘it is the law.’set by Virginia’s Education Department , saying it is the law and the district"doesn’t have a choice" in the matter.
The updated 2023 model policies would require students to use school bathrooms, locker rooms and other facilities that match their sex assigned at birth. It would also prohibit teachers from referring to a student by a different name or pronoun unless the student’s parents have been notified and the parents request the change in writing. "The law is very clear that I issue model policies and local school districts have to adopt policies consistent with the model policies.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin speaks during a rally in Glen Allen, Va., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. Youngkin will face Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the November election. Youngkin told anchor Martha MacCallum that it’s not just Republican parents who are pushing for rights in education. "These are parents who are frustrated with the fact that the dignity and the safety and the privacy of all children and families is not being ensured by the old policies that pushed parents out of their children's lives," he explained."And this is exactly what, where, in fact, it it became a true groundswell. I mean, ground zero of the parent’s movement.
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