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RSU 04 board votes to remove Policy JB on transgender and gender‑expansive students after heated public comment and debate
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment and board debate about parental rights, student privacy and legal exposure, the RSU 04 school board voted to remove Policy JB (Transgender and Gender‑Expansive Students). An amendment to send the policy back to the policy committee failed.
The Regional School Unit 04 school board voted to remove Policy JB, “Transgender and Gender‑Expansive Students,” after extensive public comment and a long board discussion about parental rights, student privacy, and legal risk.
The policy’s removal followed public testimony urging the board to eliminate the policy and sustained debate among board members over whether the protections in JB duplicate existing nondiscrimination and student‑privacy policies. Joel Farrow, a Wales resident who addressed the board during public comment, told members the U.S. Constitution and court precedent protect parents’ rights and urged removal: “The U.S. Constitution … gives complete autonomy to the family specifically, not the state,” he said.
Board members debated both process and…
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