Virginia's largest school district to defy the governor's guidance on bathrooms, pronouns
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After conducting a legal review, a Virginia county public school system announced that it would reject Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new guidance on bathrooms and pronouns in schools.
Joshua Q. Nelson is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
"We have concluded our detailed legal review and determined that our current Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) policies are consistent with federal and state anti-discrimination laws as required by the new model policies," Reid said in a statement that an FCPS spokesperson sent to Fox News Digital. Joshua focuses on politics, education policy ranging from the local to the federal level, and the parental uprising in education.
In September 2022, the Virginia Department of Education updated its 2021 Model Policies for the Treatment of Transgender Students in Virginia’s Public Schools, noting that the guidelines under the previous administration "disregarded the rights of parents and ignored other legal and constitutional principles that significantly impact how schools educate students, including transgender students." Joining Fox News Digital in 2019, he previously graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Political Science and is an alum of the National Journalism Center and the Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program.
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