A small number of California school districts have helped hundreds of students to help hundreds of students change their so-called “gender identity” in documents obtained from the Daily Carener News Foundation show.

Over 300 children were placed in the “gender support plan” in six districts serving a total of nearly 158,000 students providing data for the 2023-2024 academic year, or names or pronouns have been modified in the school system. Uniona group of parents and faith leaders who advocate for parental rights.

Sarah do Do, a refugee from Vietnam who is a member of the provincial coalition committee, told the DCNF that she was “awakened by the deception from public schools.”

“They exploit the trust of immigrant families by teaching children gender ideology to children who contradict our families and cultural values,” Do told DCNF. “Interficial leaders are united in order to expose these secret gender changes taking place behind the backs of parents through our schools. Some districts are transparent in responding to our public records requests, while others are denying transparency to funders of public education.”

It is unclear whether parents were notified of the change as most districts did not disclose this information directly, but some of them policy Against notification parents.

The Trump administration launched a survey of California’s Department of Education in March about Democratic government Gavin Newsom. signature In 2024, schools prohibit teachers and staff from requiring parents to notify them when they identify their children as transgender. Ministry of Education (ED) Appeal The law was taken effect On January 1st, we violated the Family Education Rights Privacy Act (FERPA).

In the Santa Ana Unified School District, public records data show that 260 instances of students in grades 4-12 have changed names due to gender identity since 2017. Last year, the district offered 51 students a name change. (Related: Trump Administrator Investigating California Laws that Allow Schools to Hide Students’ Gender Identity from Parents)

Naye Morales, a parent volunteer at Santa Ana school, pulled out her children after finding out that she was “doing behind her parents’ backs” for nine years. policy In 2023, students will continue to hide their gender identity from their parents.

The district is facing a massive layoff and has passed a plan to eliminate nearly 300 employees in January. According to To NBC Los Angeles. “The big reason for that is the decline in registrations,” Morales said.

Andrea Tapia, whose daughter returns to her Santa Ana-area high school in the fall, told DCNF she wonders if parents know when their child’s name has changed.

“I want the opportunity to talk to my kids before teachers and school staff change their identity,” Tapia said. “I want to remind them that they are made in the image of God. They are made with purpose and are perfect as they are.”

The interfaith statewide coalition has advertised in districts informing parents of their numbers.

In another Southern California area, more than a third of students with a documented request to change their gender had special needs, and there is data shared on the DCNF show.

Between the 2023-2024 school year, 78 Capistrano Unified Schuliidection students requested a gender change, according to a public record request. Thirty of these students also had individualized educational programs (IEPs). to accommodate Special Student needs.

Capistrano is the only district that provides a statewide coalition between the Pagans and the number of students in IEPs who have requested a gender change, Brenda Lebsack, founder of Coalition and Santa Ana Unified School District board member told DCNF.

The number of students at IEPS is “very important,” Lebsack told DCNF, highlighting the 2020 survey. It was revealed Individuals who identified transgender were 3-6 times more likely to have autism than those who did not identify as transgender.

Lebsack, who is also a special education teacher, suggested that helping children change genders without parental knowledge could be a violation of the Disabled Education Act (IDEA). promise Access to the parent’s child’s records is required upon request and parental consent to the service is required.

“The procedural safeguards given to parents at IEP meetings say their children are not serviced without written parental consent, including ‘related services’ such as counseling,” she told DCNF. “But that’s not the case anymore as schools currently offer gender-affirming services, such as counseling.”

Since 2017, a total of 194 students have requested a gender change from the Capistrano district. The youngest child who requested a gender change was in kindergarten and had an IEP, data show.

The Anaheim Union High School District implemented its first gender support plan during the 2023-2024 academic year, when 53 plans were created for students, according to district data.

The Moreno Valley Unified School District identifies 19 students as non-binary, and 356 students have preferred pronouns listed in the district database for each record released in August 2024. Law Prevents disclosure of student information related to gender identity to parents.

“The district does not maintain records that track the creation and implementation of gender identity/support plans,” Sponheim said.

Tustin Unified School District requested 40 students to change their names for the 2023-2024 academic year. This is “a number of reasons, including those related to gender, nicknames and legal names,” the records show. The district did not respond to the DCNF’s request to clarify which of these changes are directly related to gender identity.

The Riverside Unified School District has 29 students identifying it as “non-binary” according to records requests. (Related: Exclusive: Trump administrators urged to investigate Wisconsin School District policies that hide gender transitions from parents)

“The district database does not indicate whether students are transgender or whether students have a gender identity/support plan,” the response states.

During the 2023-2024 school year, 14 students from the Los Alamitos Unified School District requested a name, pronoun, or gender identity change. The district says the list of gender support plans “simply does not exist” and individual student plans are exempt from disclosure on record requests.

For each 2023 record data, 14 elementary and 96 secondary school students received a gender support plan between 2022 and 2023 grades in the Irvine Unified School District.

In the Fullerton Union High School District, 106 students requested that names be changed for the 2023-2024 academic year. A gender support plan was created for two students in the same year and one student in the 2022-2023 grade.

“Of the three support plans we record, all involve communication with parents,” Vice Principal Carl Zenner wrote in August 2024 in a response to the statewide coalition.

Some districts provided data, but some that received requests from the Interstate Faith Coalition said they either refused to provide numbers or did not track gender support plans.

Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District provides a gender support plan for students without the need for parental knowledge. Guidance tells students that they are featured under “real names and pronouns” and that they have the right to use a bathroom that corresponds to “gender identity.” The district did not provide the number of plans it created in response to public records requests and did not respond to DCNF requests for comment.

Not all districts accept the state’s requirements for cutting parents out of the loop. Chino Valley Unified School District Submit Federal lawsuit against the state in July 2024; Appeal New California law prohibiting parental notices violates FERPA and the first and fourth amendments.

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