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RSU 40 board votes to rescind deletion of transgender policy after heated public comment
Summary
After extended public testimony and internal debate over procedure and legal risk, the RSU 40 School Board voted in a roll-call to rescind its June 6 deletion of policy ACAAA (transgender and gender-expansive students), restoring the district’s prior guidance while leaving language edits for the policy committee.
The RSU 40 School Board voted to rescind its June 6 action that deleted policy ACAAA, the district’s guidance on transgender and gender-expansive students, after more than an hour of public comment and board debate.
Supporters of reinstatement—including students, parents, clergy and district staff—told the board that returning the policy before the school year would restore protections for transgender and nonbinary students. "If hugs know how we express love interpersonally, policy is how we express love publicly," one public commenter said in testimony urging immediate reinstatement. Another speaker,…
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