Over Target. NEED YOUR HELP TODAY.
CA Democrats of the LGBQT+ Caucus are trying to ram through a bill that will make it ILLEGAL for schools to notify parents when their children hate themselves and their identities.
In response to our wins across the state affirming (ahem) that #TheLawIsOnYourSide and schools cannot have policies that force teachers to keep secrets from parents regarding their gender, extremist California Assemblyman Christopher Ward and co-conspirators from the LGBQT+ Caucus have gone on the offensive and gutted and amended a bill after it passed through the Assembly to try and ram it through the Senate without giving us any time to respond in the last days of session. Assembly Bill 1955 — the SAFETY or “Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth Act” — will make it illegal for schools to lawfully implement policies to notify parents when their child is living a secret, double-life because they hate who they are outside of school.
Specifically:
This bill would prohibit school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and the state special schools, and a member of the governing board or body of those educational entities, from enacting or enforcing any policy, rule, or administrative regulation that requires an employee or a contractor to disclose any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to any other person without the pupil’s consent unless otherwise required by law, as provided. The bill would prohibit employees or contractors of those educational entities from being required to make such a disclosure unless otherwise required by law, as provided. The bill would prohibit employees or contractors of school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, or the state special schools, or members of the governing boards or bodies of those educational entities, from retaliating or taking adverse action against an employee on the basis that the employee supported a pupil in the exercise of specified rights, work activities, or providing certain instruction, as provided.
Let me be nothing but explicitly clear: AB1955 is illegal, unconstitutional, immoral, unethical + dangerous to children, and — if passed — will be struck down in Court.
This brilliant SUBSTACK article by none other than our very own, Erin Friday, summarizes the current state of California legal victories surrounding parental notification policies, in case you don’t believe me.
However….
How many children will we lose to the Woke Transgender Cult in the meantime?
The time to act is now.
WHAT TO DO RIGHT NOW.
Draft a simple Opposition Letter to submit to the Senate Education Committee via their Position Letter Portal by 12 p.m. PST TODAY.
Email your letter to the Committee: SEDN.committee@senate.ca.gov
Call the following Senate Education Committee Members and urge them to vote “NO” on AB1955:
Newman (Chair) (D) (916) 651-4029
Cortese (D) (916) 651-4015
Glazer (D) (916) 651-4007
Gonzalez (D) (916) 651-4033
Smallwood-Cuevas (D) (916) 651-4028
Wilk and Ochoa-Boa are on the committee, but on our side already confirmed so no need to “waste time” on them.
Call your Senator to urge him / her to vote “NO” on AB1955, and encourage their colleagues in the committee to vote “NO” as well. We need to prep them for the floor vote if it passes committee and their feedback can influence the committee members’ in their votes.
Mark your calendar for the May 29, 9:00 a.m. hearing on this bill:
1021 O Street, Room 2100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Any questions for the Senate Judiciary can be directed here:
Phone: 916-651-4105
Email: sedn.committee@senate.ca.gov
RESOURCES (linked above but here, again, for ease of reference):
AB1955 Language: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1955
Position Letter Portal: https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/
Senate Education Committee Members: https://sedn.senate.ca.gov
Find Your Senator: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
I notice this latest iteration doesn't require anyone to NOT tell parents. It merely protects those who choose to not tell (unless directed by law)—unless I misunderstand what I read. Have I got that right?