Important Takeaways:

• Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the first-in-the-nation law Monday, which bans districts from requiring school staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child’s permission, with some exceptions.
• It also requires the state Department of Education to develop resources for families of LGBTQ+ students in grade 7 through high school.
• The law will take effect in January.
• At least six states have requirements that schools notify parents when minors disclose that they are transgender or ask to be referred to with a different pronoun, according to Associated Press reporting: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
• Newsom spokesperson Brandon Richards said the new California law will “keep children safe while protecting the critical role of parents.”
• “It protects the child-parent relationship by preventing politicians and school staff from inappropriately intervening in family matters and attempting to control if, when, and how families have deeply personal conversations,” Richards said in a statement.

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