The Center for American Liberty Supports California School’s Parental Notification Policy

The Center for American Liberty Supports California School’s Parental Notification Policy

Today, the Center for American Liberty filed an amicus brief before the United States Supreme Court in Rocklin Unified School District v. Public Employment Relations Board, et al., a major California case addressing whether an unelected state labor board can block a school district from adopting a policy requiring parental notification when schools socially transition their children.

The case stems from a decision by California’s Public Employment Relations Board, which prevented Rocklin Unified School District from enforcing a parental-notification policy and, instead, allowed an administrative agency to override a policy aimed at protecting parents’ constitutional role in the upbringing of their children.

In our brief, we argue that parents — not government officials — have the constitutional right to direct the upbringing, healthcare, and wellbeing of their children. We warn that parental secrecy policies undermine family integrity and prevent parents from making informed decisions about serious psychological and emotional issues affecting their children.

We also argue that social transitioning is not a routine matter of school administration, but a serious psychological intervention that can carry potentially lasting consequences for children and families. California must be prevented from using its friendly labor unions and administrative boards to accomplish indirectly what it cannot do directly: infringing on a parent’s right to notice and consent of their child’s social transition.

Read the amicus brief here

The Center for American Liberty Supports California School’s Parental Notification Policy