ACTION

2023 DOE MODEL POLICIES

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ACTIONS

• Sign up to Speak to the LCPS School Board Directly on August 8: In Person or Virtual​

  • ​Registration opens August 4 at 9 am and closes at 12 pm on August 8.

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• Support our Loudoun Love fundraiser with the purchase of a limited edition T-Shirt: Click Here
  • All proceeds support our SafeZone Grant Program to help support parents, teachers, and students with their inclusive initiatives.​ 

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• Email the School Board

  • Contact All School Board Members: https://www.lcps.org/ContactSchoolBoard

  • Atoosa Reaser | Algonkian District | Atoosa.Reaser@lcps.org

  • Brenda Sheridan | Sterling District | Feedback Form

  • Erika Ogedegbe | Leesburg District | Feedback Form

  • Harris Mahedavi | Ashburn District | Feedback Form

  • Ian Serotkin | Blue Ridge District | Feedback Form

  • Jeff Morse | Dulles District | Feedback Form

  • John Beatty | Catoctin District | Feedback Form

  • Tiffany Polifko | Broad Run District | tiffany.polifko@lcps.org

  • Denise Corbo | At-Large | Denise.Corbo@lcps.org

SUMMARY

• Not only are these policy suggestion immoral, they may very well be illegal and clearly contradict the Virginia Values Act passed in 2019.

• Executive overreach should never be tolerated, especially to create systemic discrimination!

• These actions will cost LCPS millions in lawsuits defending an indefensible policy.

• These so-called 'Parents Rights' policies contradict the rights of parents of transgender students. Only supporting the rights of certain parents to trample on the rights of others is religious discrimination.

• Under the banner or 'Privacy, Dignity, and Respect' and in order to 'respect parents’ values and beliefs' - these policies suggest over a dozen recommendations that would harm and promote abuse of transgender and non-binary students, only one of which has anything to do with families.

• The 2021 policies were based on law, not executive order. Just as other school boards chose to ignore trans-supportive policies in 2021, LCPS can choose to ignore these anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

 

DESCRIPTION

By order of Governor Youngkin, the Virginia Department of Education recently released an updated version of the 2022 Model Policies aimed at reversing the 2021 Model Policies- one of the most inclusive school-based transgender policies in the south. Here in Loudoun, Policy 8040 was based on these 2021 Model Policies. 

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This effort will enshrine anti-LGBTQ+ policies in our schools leaving students at risk. Included in these proposed policies: 

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• Reversing  protections for non-binary or gender expansive student.

• Prevents students from accessing school counselors when needed. 

• Allows teachers and staff to deadname and misgender students, regardless of parents.

• Contradicting Supreme Court rulings on bathroom and facility usage

• Creating confusion and banning participation in ALL sports, and other critical inclusive activities for students.

• Prevents students from using their gender-affirming name and pronouns without parental permission.

• And most importantly, will forcibly out transgender and nonbinary students, putting students in unaccepting homes at risk for abuse, violence, and homelessness. 

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READ EQUALITY LOUDOUN'S FULL STATEMENT ON THESE POLICIES.

 

READ THE POLICIES FOR YOURSELF (ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO DO THE SAME)

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