Parents of Montgomery County Public School students alleged their rights had been violated, according to court documents.
Three parents, who filed anonymously in 2020 against the Montgomery County Board of Education , argued that the guidelines curtailed their ability “to direct the care, custody, education, and control of their minor children,” under the Fourteenth Amendment, according to a memorandum opinion.
“MCBE certainly has a legitimate interest in providing a safe and supportive environment for all MCPS students, including those who are transgender and gender nonconforming,” Grimm said in the memo. “And the Guidelines are certainly rationally related to achieving that result.”Grimm also wrote that the parents’ complaint has no “specific allegations” about the application of the guidelines “in counseling their own children.
“The Guidelines carefully balance the interests of both the parents and students, encouraging parental input when the student consents, but avoiding it when the student expresses concern that parents would not be supportive, or that disclosing their gender identity to their parents may put them in harm’s way,” Grimm said in the memo.Frederick W. Claybrook Jr., an attorney representing the parents, said he has advised his clients to appeal the decision.
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