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Senate approves measure restricting school instruction and requiring parental notification on gender-identity accommodations
Summary
Senators passed an engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 154 on third reading, 33–1, prohibiting certain instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools and creating a complaint and sanction process that includes parental notification and progressive employee discipline.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate on March 5 approved an engrossed committee substitute for Senate Bill 154 on third reading, 33–1, a measure that, according to floor remarks, would prohibit public schools from providing instruction related to "****** orientation or gender identity" and would require schools to report student requests for accommodations to parents or guardians.
The sponsor described the bill’s scope on the floor as prohibiting instruction related to the redacted term and requiring administrators to notify parents when a student requests accommodation intended to affirm a change in the student’s gender identity. The bill,…
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