San Francisco mandates teaching gender identity in elementary school: 'parental involvement not required'
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A San Francisco teaching guide is instructing educators to "explore integrating LGBTQ themes" in lesson plans while noting parental involvement is not required.
The document claims parental involvement is not required when: "providing definitions to students, teaching about LGBTQ family and gender diversity, celebrating Pride Month, and reading books with LGBTQ characters/plots/subplots or speaking about LGBTQ persons outside the context of health education."
The document does claim two instances in which parental notification is required; when discussing "puberty, sexual health, and STI/HIV prevention." However, the document does note the difference between "permission" and "notification" and that educators, according to California law, do not need "permission" to discuss any of the above.