A federal court has ruled that a Pennsylvania first-grade teacher violated the rights of parents by teaching students about transgender identity during instruction related to Transgender Awareness Day.
The court ruled late last month that teacher Megan Williams violated the law by reading extracurricular books and telling students at Jefferson Elementary School that “when children are born, parents make a guess whether they’re a boy or a girl.
“Refusing to allow notice and opt-outs for religious and fundamental parental rights objections to transgender topics, i.e., forcing young children to be exposed to particular instruction over the objections of unwilling parents, while permitting notice and opt-outs for other sensitive topics – is not neutral and constitutes an improper use of governmental authority,” Conti wrote.
However, the court found that the school did not create a written procedure governing how parents could receive advance notice and opt their children out of gender identity instruction.
Conti issued declaratory relief against the district, stating that parents have a right to determine whether their children receive notice about instruction on gender ideology and to remove their children from classes where such instruction may be taught.
In 2022, Williams read two books with transgender characters and themes called “When Aidan Became a Brother” and “Introducing Teddy, a gentle story about gender and friendship” for Transgender Awareness Day, according to court documents.
Lebanon School District were named in their official capacity in the lawsuit brought by parents with “religious and moral beliefs” that conflict with those posited by the transgender movement, Judge Joy Flowers Conti ruled.
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