Wed Aug 23, 2023 – 7:26 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin fired back Tuesday at a school district that is refusing to use the state’s conservative model policies on gender issues, stressing that the choice was not up to the district.
Under Youngkin, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has promulgated a model policy that requires students to be addressed by their legal names and actual sex, as well as to use biological sex to determine which bathrooms, lockers, or athletic teams they are allowed to access. Left-wing hostility to the policy in Roanoke County Public Schools recently caught the attention of the Biden administration Justice Department.
Fox News reported that Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) indicated earlier this month that it will not adopt the policy and instead address “sensitive situations’ on a “case-by-case basis in the best interest of the child, while prioritizing safety,” through the lens of “celebrat[ing] our diversity as a strength” and recognizing “gender identity” as a protected status for nondiscrimination purposes.
“The law is very clear that I issue model policies and local school districts have to adopt policies consistent with the model policies,” Youngkin responded
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