Schools Repealing Policy 5756

Does the AG even have a lawsuit?

Are you confused about why the state is suing Manalapan, Marlboro, Middletown and Hanover over Policy 5756 (the Transgender Policy) if it is not a required policy?

You are not alone.

Let’s start with a review.

Policy #5756 (Transgender Student Policy) does the following:

• Prohibits school officials from telling parents when a student expresses any gender identity issues.

• Requires schools to change the name in the school database to the child’s preferred name.

• Mandates that students use bathrooms and locker rooms according to the gender they identify with.

• Requires that sports teams, clubs or activities accept students based on the gender they identify with.

• Requires sexual education classes to be separated based on gender identity.

You can read the policy here.

The State of New Jersey is suing Middletown for amending policy 5756 to eliminate the first requirement above and did not prevent school officials from telling parents when a student expresses gender identity issues in certain circumstances. The district attorney continues to take lead for Garden State Equality and call this an “LGBTQ outing policy.” But this is false. No one is “outing” LGBT kids. If the entire school and other parents know that you are living life as another gender and calling yourself a different name, eventually your parents will find out from another kid or parent. Your parents can even find out when you are in the school play and your preferred name on the program, or on the back of a sports team shirt. There can be no expectation of privacy when you are living a double life.

Last week the Middletown school attorney wrote a letter to the judge clarifying what were the changes to the Middletown policy and that was NOT outing a student.

As stated in the Attorney’s letter, Policy #5756 is NOT MANDATED by the State, nor does the law require it. Your Board HAS A CHOICE whether or not to pass the policy. After all that was made clear in court, many districts decided to eliminate 5756.

There is no law preventing schools from eliminating Policy 5756. So it makes no sense that the AG is suing over the policy when it is not required. The law suit for Hanover makes even less sense.

The State is actually suing over Hanover “parental notification policies” where the schools will inform a student’s parents whenever a student discloses an issue or exhibits behaviors that may have an adverse impact on the student’s physical or mental health, safety and or social-emotional well-being.  In Hanover this policy is called 8463.

The AG also called this an “outing policy.” But since Hanover was already being sued over something that made no sense, they recently just voted to eliminate Policy 5756.

If anyone can make any sense off all this, please let me know.

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ALERT

We need support in Holmdel for the second reading of the elimination of 5756 to finalize the ending of this non-mandatory policy. The activist mafia is coming out to intimidate them. Do the right thing and support the schools that support our kids.
Sept 27, 7pm
Holmdel High school
36 Crawfords Corner Rd