The California Department of Education (CDE) allowed public schools to conceal records on gender transitions and use software that hid student name changes on the parent portal, a senior U.S. Education Department official said on Wednesday.
An investigation into Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act violations across the Golden State found that many districts maintained records about student gender transitions that were purposely kept out of cumulative files that parents have a legal right to access.
The CDE also authorized districts to use the Aries software for hiding related information, including name changes, on the parent portal.
About 300 children were put on “gender support plans,” many of them without parental consent, the official said during a media call….
California Public Schools Hid ‘Gender Support Plans’ From Parents, Education Department Says
