California's Assembly passed a bill (AB1955) preventing schools from notifying parents of transgender students' gender identity changes without consent.

California's Assembly passed a bill (AB1955) that aims to protect transgender students by preventing schools from requiring staff to notify parents of changes in a student's gender identity without consent. The bill, awaiting Governor Gavin Newsom's approval, targets "forced outing" policies and shields teachers from retaliation for supporting transgender students. The bill's passage follows a wave of conservative-backed school board policies that sought to notify parents when a student changes their name, pronouns, or uses facilities that don't align with their gender on official records.