A California college district has agreed to pay $100,000 to a mom who accused educators of encouraging her daughter to change genders behind her again, a deal hailed by her attorneys as a “resounding victory for parental rights.”

“Today’s settlement is a clear message to schools: parents will not stand idly by as schools trample on their right to raise their children,” stated the Center for American Liberty, which represents Jessica Konen and her daughter Alicia.

The middle introduced Tuesday a settlement between the Spreckels Union School District and Ms. Konen, who claimed in a lawsuit filed final yr that the college hid her daughter’s new identify and pronouns from her after academics satisfied the seventh-grader that she was transgender.

“At its core, this case is about upholding the sacred bond between parents and their children,” stated middle CEO Harmeet Dhillon. “Parents have an inherent right to be involved in pivotal decisions concerning their children’s lives.”

Spreckels Union reportedly didn't admit fault as a part of the settlement. The Washington Times has reached out to the district for remark.

The settlement sends combined alerts to California mother and father: It comes a day after Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino Valley Unified School District for requiring faculties to tell mother and father of their kids’s gender transitions, calling it a “forced outing policy.”

The lawsuit filed in Monterey County Superior Court stated that Spreckels Union operated beneath a “Parental Secrecy Policy” on college students looking for to undertake opposite-sex social identities.

The lawsuit alleged that the 2 academics who headed the Equality Club at Buena Vista Middle School informed 11-year-old Alicia that she was transgender, inspired her to tackle a male id, warned her to not inform her household after which hid the data from her mom.

The college drew up a Gender Support Plan for the woman that included a brand new identify, male pronouns and unisex toilet use, however didn't inform Ms. Konen.

During the pandemic, nonetheless, Alicia switched to all-remote studying and “began to return to her original self,” the lawsuit stated. Afterward, she attended highschool in a distinct college district utilizing her actual identify and feminine pronouns.

“If you choose not to fight for your children, then they will fight and take your children,” Ms. Konen stated in a press release. “Stand up parents, it’s your right to be able to parent your own children.”

Ms. Dhillon stated the middle was “thrilled to have played a role in this landmark victory, which sends a clear message that parental rights must be respected.”“Jessica and Alicia’s courage has inspired countless others to defend their rights against unwarranted intrusions,” she stated.

Center for American Liberty is proud to announce a settlement in Konen v. Spreckels Union School District that resulted in a $100,000 fee by the college district to Jessica and Alicia for the violation of their rights. Thanks for all of the exhausting work @pnjaban, @mark_trammell,… pic.twitter.com/wdORxgueEH

— Center for American Liberty (@Liberty_Ctr) August 29, 2023

Last yr, Spreckels Union launched the outcomes of an impartial investigation into the Equality Club, also referred to as UBU, that concluded the academics named within the lawsuit didn't interact in “coaching” or different manipulative conduct to persuade college students to change genders.

Chino Valley Unified was the primary of a number of California college districts to approve insurance policies requiring educators to tell mother and father when their kids search to undertake opposite-sex identities at faculties, as a substitute of hiding them.

Protect Kids California introduced Monday a marketing campaign to position three transgender-related initiatives on the November 2024 poll, together with a measure requiring parental notification for kids’s gender-transition efforts.

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