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Board declines to discharge committee for repeal of policy 5,756 after wide public comment urging repeal
Summary
Multiple residents and outside speakers urged the Ocean City School District to repeal policy 5,756 (student gender identity/confidentiality). A board member moved to discharge the policy from committee and bring it to a full vote; the motion failed in a 2–5 roll call.
Members of the public urged the Ocean City School District to repeal policy 5,756 — a district policy addressing students' asserted gender identity, chosen names and confidentiality — and several residents gave extended public comment before the board considered a procedural motion to move the matter from committee to the full board for debate.
Speakers during public comment said the policy allows school staff to accept a student’s asserted gender identity and may permit confidential discussions without parental notification. “The policy allows school officials not to inform parents when a child at school says he or she wants to undergo some type of transgender action or change,” said a public commenter who identified herself as a local resident and…
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