(ConservativeHub.com) – Sixteen state attorneys general are taking action over a Wisconsin school district policy that parents say excludes them from school discussions about the children’s gender identities.
The sixteen AGs filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of parents, who sued the Eau Claire Area School District in 2022.
The parents’ lawsuit centered around guidance they argued requires schools and teachers to hide critical information about the health of a child. The lawsuit also argued the school had teachers taking action that would alter the children’s physical and mental well-being.
The policy, they said, requires District staff to take actions such as changing pronouns, names, and facility use in accordance with a child’s gender identity without parents being notified.
The AGs have now asked the Supreme Court to take on the case.
Led by Virginia AG Jason Miyares, the AGs released a statement saying parents have a “right to be involved in major decisions affecting their children’s lives.”
Miyares said the case was a chance for SCOTUS to offer “much-needed clarity,” confirming that government officials could not “override parents’ fundamental rights” because of a belief that “they know better.”
The amicus brief was filed after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh District ruled in support of a lower court’s decision dismissing the parents’ complaint, given a “lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”
The case has also garnered the attention of the American conservative public interest group America First Legal (AFL).
In a statement, Stephen Miller, AFL President, claimed the school district was participating in the “revolutionary crusade” to reshape children “as young as 5… contrary to their health and biology.”
Miller said the organization was also committed to fighting “to save our children.”
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