Transgender va policy
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By Stephen Faleski. Per a state law passed last year, Virginia school boards have until September to adopt transgender-inclusive policies pertaining to the use of bathrooms and locker rooms, student privacy, bullying and harassment, sex-based dress codes and sex-specific school activities with the exception of athletics, which are governed by the Virginia High School League. At a July 28 work session, Superintendent Dr. According to Thornton, adopting the model policies as written is at this time optional, with the exception of the requirement that schools allow transgender students to use bathroom facilities that correspond to their gender identity. That is now settled case law, per the 4th U. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Grimm v.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs will modify its healthcare policy to cover gender-affirming surgery for veterans who are transgender, CNN first reported. The agency did not immediately return Insider's request for comment Saturday. The announcement will mark the first step in what could be a lengthy process that will involve making changes to existing federal policy. There are about , transgender veterans in the US, according to an estimate from the National Center for Transgender Equality.
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The motion passed There was one non-vote since one school board member wasn't present at the meeting. Virginia Beach City Public Schools VBCPS school board members are expected to vote on policies required to be in place in school districts across the Commonwealth by the school year. Last year, state lawmakers passed a law requiring local school boards to adopt policies on the treatment of transgender students consistent or more comprehensive than models developed by the Virginia Department of Education VDOE.
The policy was slightly amended before being approved by a vote. The newly approved policy says students should be referred to by their preferred name and pronouns. Under the policy, transgender students will also have equal access to school activities, like sports, and facilities, like bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. The proposed policy was highly contested at previous school board meetings. Tensions related to the policy at a June school board meeting, when public comments were cut off after a crowd of attendees became confrontational.
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