Second Circuit Doubts Parent Claims in School Pronoun Policy Row

The Second Circuit on Tuesday was skeptical that a central New York school district violated the constitution when it allowed a student to go by a different name and pronouns without informing the parent.

During 90 minutes of oral arguments, the panel expressed concern about making a broad statement that schools are required to disclose to parents all changes in a student’s behavior. The judges raised several hypotheticals, including whether parents would need to be informed if their child decided to go by the nickname “Joe” instead of José, or chose to eat meat on Friday contrary to their family’s ...