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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
William Melhado

Conservative lawmakers push for review of school board group’s guidance on transgender students

Students leave the classroom to work in the computer lab at Mata Intermediate School.
A hardline conservative group has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to weigh in on guidance to school districts for navigating issues related to transgender students. (Credit: Pu Ying Huang for The Texas Tribune)

A far-right group of state lawmakers has asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to review the Texas Association of School Boards’ guidance relating to transgender youth, arguing that the advice would “endanger children and encourage school districts to keep parents in the dark.”

The association, which serves more than 1,000 school boards across the state, updated longstanding guidance related to transgender students after receiving questions from school officials on navigating the complex legal landscape around issues including restroom access and Title IX, a federal civil rights law that bans sex-based discrimination, said TASB Deputy Executive Director Tiffany Dunne-Oldfield.

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