The Kansas state attorney general has raised concerns about certain school districts in the state allegedly facilitating the “social transitioning” of transgender students without parental consent.
According to Parents Defending Education, a nonprofit organization focused on preventing the indoctrination of children in radical ideologies, six school districts in Kansas have policies regarding transgender and gender-nonconforming students that allow or suggest keeping a student’s transgender status hidden from parents.
In response, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has taken action by sending letters to each of these school districts to challenge their policies. He emphasized that parents have a constitutional right to control the upbringing of their children and expressed his outrage at the idea of schools facilitating the sexual transitioning of minors without parental involvement.
“I think there are many well-meaning school board members who would recognize that parents have a right to know about any transitioning or any issues that their kids are facing, and they shouldn’t be excluded from that,” Kobach stated.
Kobach argued that such policies violate parental rights and underscored the importance of transparency and parental involvement in matters concerning their children’s well-being. He also sent a letter to the Kansas Association of School Boards after evidence that the organization may be promoting these policies more broadly in the state.
Two of the school districts listed by Parents Defending Education have publicly stated that they have changed their policies on transgender students, receiving applause from Kansas Deputy Attorney General Abhishek Kambli.
“A lot of times these policies are pushed by outside activist organizations and adopted by school boards without being fully informed about what the policy would actually do,” said Kambli. “Belle Plaine and Maize should be praised for responding swiftly when they saw what was going on.”
The practice of public schools hiding the so-called “gender identity” of a student is becoming a common occurrence in more schools across the country. However, it is surprising that these policies are being implemented in Kansas, one of the most rural and conservative states in the country. Despite this, Attorney General Kobach’s efforts to fight for parental rights and protect children from radical gender ideology should be applauded.
