Book bans, LGBTQ+ outing policy under scrutiny in state candidate Sonja Shaw's Chino Valley district

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Set us as preferred Legal challenges flared this week over an Inland Empire school district’s alleged removal of library books and, separately, on its efforts to require parental notification on student gender identity — policies strongly supported by the school board president, Sonja Shaw, a leading contender to become the next state schools superintendent.One policy of Chino Valley Unified allows parents and others to force the removal of school library books to which they object, resulting in books with sexual content or with LGBTQ+ themes being pulled off shelves, according to a complaint filed this week by a leading public-interest law firm and local parents.

The complaint, filed with the California Department of Education, asks the state agency to investigate whether education codes have been violated.The complaint also seeks to invalidate the policy and have books returned to shelves.

The other Chino Valley Unified policy under legal scrutiny would require school employees to notify parents when students express gender-identity issues at school — even if the students want to keep this information secret from their parents.The Chino Valley school board passed its notification policy in July 2023, but a state judge put the policy on hold and subsequently ruled it illegal.However, the Chino Valley school board is seeking to reinstate the policy in light of recent U.S.

Supreme Court decisions.A court hearing on the matter had been scheduled for Wednesday, but has been moved to Sept.

15.California The appellate court granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a law that bars school employees from disclosing a student’s gender identity, sexual orientation or expression to parents without the student’s consent.The San Bernardino County school system of 26,000 students adopted both policies under the...