White House targets LAUSD over twisted policies hiding kids secrets from families as domestic terrorists row erupts again

Los Angeles schools face federal enforcement — and the possible loss of federal funding — over policies the Trump administration says improperly hide sensitive student information from parents.The action also revives the explosive controversy over the Biden administration’s response to angry parents at school-board meetings, after the National School Boards Association characterized some conduct as potentially amounting to “a form of domestic terrorism.”The Department of Education and Department of Justice announce Monday it is launching an “enforcement action” against the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second-largest, over policies that allegedly require school employees to conceal sensitive information, such as a student’s gender identity, from parents.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story “Under the Biden Administration, parents were the enemy.They were labeled as terrorists, targeted, and investigated by a government weaponized against them,” US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said. “That era is over.

“We are grateful to the Department of Justice for partnering with us to hold rogue schools accountable, including the Los Angeles Unified School District, and urge all state Attorneys General to work with us in upholding the letter of the law,” she added.The administration also sent a joint letter to state attorneys general nationwide warning that schools must comply with federal laws protecting parents’ rights to access information about their children.“Parents are children’s natural providers and protectors,” Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet K.Dhillon said.“The Biden-Harris DOJ labeled concerned parents as threats for exercising their right to know what was happening at their kids...