Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne applauded a recent ruling by the Arizona Court of Appeals that allows a parent to sue Mesa Public Schools after the district did not inform a parent that their child sought to change their gender.
In Walden v. Mesa Unified School District, Jane Doe, a parent, and Rachel Walden, a Mesa County School Board member, sued the district over its policy that hides children’s gender transition from parents.
Doe alleged that Mesa County Public Schools violated the state’s Parents’ Bill of Rights by concealing information about her daughter's use of a male name and identity at school. School policy prevented teachers and officials from hiding information from parents when students make a transition to another gender, the ruling noted.
Arizona’s Parental Bill of Rights reserves exclusive rights to parents of children under 18, giving them authority over their children and restricting when the government can interfere in their rights. Some of these rights include “right to direct the education of the minor child,” “right to direct the upbringing of the minor child” and “right to direct the moral or religious training of the minor child.”
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