Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said the guidelines, which have been sharply criticized by LGBTQ+ advocacy groups since they were first unveiled last year, will empower parents while prohibiting discrimination and creating a safe learning environment.
, and tens of thousands of opinions rolled in that the Department of Education has spent months reviewing.
The finalized version adds an “opt out” option for parents to request that their children be given access to a sex-separated facility in cases where “state or federal law requires schools to permit transgender students to share otherwise sex-segregated facilities with students of the opposite sex.” "What we’re not saying is that trusted counselors and other trusted adults in a child’s life should be excluded. What we are ... saying is that parents just need to be involved and are the first stop. And then collectively there is ... a support mechanism around a child that can be most effective," Youngkin said.
But Democratic lawmakers and LGBTQ advocacy groups have strenuously objected, warning that already vulnerable youth will be further put at risk. Virginia’s initial guidance was developed in accordance with the bipartisan 2020 law, which required the Department of Education to craft the policies concerning the treatment of transgender students. But many school boards never adopted the first set.
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