Ohio Schools’ Anti-Trans Bullying Policies Too Broad, Group Says

A conservative parents group on Thursday told a federal appeals court that an Ohio school district’s policies that bar the bullying of transgender students is too broad and should be blocked.

The language that the Olentangy Local School District has on its books isn’t allowed based on US Supreme Court case law, attorney J. Michael Connolly, who represents the group Parents Defending Education, told a Sixth Circuit three-judge panel during oral arguments in Cincinnati.

“If the school wanted to get at severe and pervasive, harassing, and bullying conduct, they’re allowed to do that,” said Connolly, a partner at Consovoy McCarthy ...