NJ Court Upholds State’s Gender Identity-Based Sex Ed Program

New Jersey education regulators can break public school sexual education courses into classes based on gender identity, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The decision upholds a 2023 update to state education equity rules which seek to align school district policies with the state’s expansive Law Against Discrimination.

The update added a new definition for gender identity and said districts are allowed to conduct separate classes for sexual education, with students separated based on gender identity rather than sex.

“It is unequivocal that the State respondents possess sweeping supervisory authority to exercise their core functions—the educational programs, courses, curricula, and ...