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Superintendent warns of federal funding changes, explains Mirabelli v. Bonta impact on student privacy
Summary
The superintendent summarized a recent court decision affecting student gender‑expression privacy and described proposed federal budget changes that would eliminate or block‑grant programs including Migrant Education and Title III; the COE also outlined local training, immigration‑response protocols and improving enrollment figures.
The superintendent updated the board on several federal and local issues that may affect county schools. She summarized parts of the Mirabelli v. Bonta decision and its consequences for student privacy and school obligations: under the decision school staff may need to disclose gender‑expression plans, chosen names and pronoun use to parents on request, and schools must follow parental requests regarding pronoun/name use when parents make such requests.
She also described new Attorney General guidance and COE protocols for early childhood providers and a secure‑campus response when immigration officials visit a site, with a district or county representative engaging with officers outside the facility while the campus is secured.
On federal funding the superintendent reviewed a proposed federal budget that would block‑grant or eliminate several programs; she flagged the proposed elimination of Migrant Education and Title III (English Learner funding) in the White House proposal and described the potential local impact if those programs are zeroed out at the federal level. The superintendent said the COE will continue tracking proposals; she noted that the migrant program has had long bipartisan support and that loss of funding would affect services unless Congress or subsequent budget actions preserve funding.
Finally, the superintendent reported a smaller enrollment decline this year (county decline ~0.8% to 36,980 students), several upcoming events and program pilots including an anonymous reporting tool and Narcan demonstrations at alternative education sites.
