NJ sues school districts over transgender policies

New Jersey has sued three school districts over their recent adoption of transgender-related policies.

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin, in the suit, contends that the districts' policies pose "serious mental health risks" to the students affected and could also lead to increased suicide risks or physically endanger them, Fox News reported.

"In New Jersey, we will not tolerate any action by schools that threatens the health and safety of our young people. Without question, the discriminatory policies passed by these Boards of Education, if allowed to go into effect, will harm our kids and pose severe risk to their safety," he stated.

The Middletown, Marlboro, and Manalapan-Englishtown Regional school districts earlier this week adopted parental notification policies, prompting "emergency" suits from Platkin.

At issue are requirements that school faculty members inform parents of their children's gender identity decisions. Middletown, for instance, requires that faculty inform parents should a student start using a bathroom that doesn't align with their sex or opts to use a different name or pronouns.

Marlboro requires that either the principal or a designee speak to the student prior to parental notification, while Manalapan-Englishtown plans to first pass notification to school professionals, who would then contact the parents.

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