CALL TO ACTION: State Gender Diverse Meeting 8/30

Your attendance is crucial to protect all Nevada children!

View In Browser POWER2PARENT.ORG Dear Powerful Parents, On Thursday August 30th, at 9:00 a.m. there will be an important hearing on a regulation from the Nevada Department of Education. The hearing will take place in Las Vegas at the Grant Sawyer Building located at 555 E. Washington Ave., and in Carson City located at the Legislative Building, Room 4100, 401 South Carson Street. In the 2017 Legislative session, Senate Bill 225 (SB225) was passed in an effort to expand training for employees of school districts.  The training was supposed to include methods on responding to students with learning disabilities, autism, and gender diverse students. Since then, the Nevada Department of Education (NVDOE) has proposed a statewide regulation that goes way beyond the requirements of SB225.  If approved, this policy proposal will require every charter school and school district in Nevada to implement a transgender policy that requires the following:   Open restrooms, locker rooms, and hotel rooms on overnight field trips to members of the opposite sex if they feel they are transgender. Mandate that all students, employees and volunteers use the pronoun chosen by the gender diverse individual including calling a singular person "they," or other "pronouns" like "zie,"  "zir," and "hir." Disciplinary measure must be in place for those who do not use grammatically incorrect pronouns (i.e. "they" referring to a singular person) or a pronoun that does not match the actual gender of an individual. Does not protect children from anti-bullying education curriculum which can teach that  gender is "assigned at birth," is fluid, and is not related to biology.   Privacy concerns in bathrooms, locker rooms and hotel rooms in this proposal are just the beginning.  The NVDOE is asking the Legislative Commission to approve mandated speech with regard to pronouns, essentially forcing everyone to embrace another person's reality, or face disciplinary action.   Senator Parks, (sponsor of SB225) stated the following regarding his bill in the 2017 session: "This regulation simply must be a guiding document for all school districts to provide a safe and respectful learning environment for gender diverse students AND for kids with disabilities and autism. The state needs to show neutrality on the social aspects of this subject." This proposal is not neutral. This regulation, if approved by the committee, will enshrine special carve-outs for transgender individuals at the expense of privacy and free speech rights of students, faculty, and volunteers. It is critical for parents and stakeholders to come to this hearing and tell your representatives how you feel about this issue.  We urge you to also write each of the following members on the committee and ask them not to approve this radical policy for the above reasons. You may copy and paste the following list into one email and send to all at once for your convenience: Jason.Frierson@asm.state.nv.us, Teresa.BenitezThompson@asm.state.nv.us,  Kelvin.Atkinson@sen.state.nv.us, Moises.Denis@sen.state.nv.us,  Patricia.Farley@sen.state.nv.us, Aaron.Ford@sen.state.nv.us, Scott.Hammond@sen.state.nv.us, Ben.Kieckhefer@sen.state.nv.us, Maggie.Carlton@asm.state.nv.us, James.Oscarson@asm.state.nv.us, Keith.Pickard@asm.state.nv.us, Jim.Wheeler@asm.state.nv.us The full NVDOE regulation proposal can be accessed here: NVDOE Transgender Policy The agenda for the meeting can be accessed here: Nevada Legislative Commission Agenda 8/30 We look forward to seeing you on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. As always, we rely on donations to continue our work and appreciate those who continue to support our efforts by donating below. Thank you.    Sincerely, Power2Parent          Donate Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2018 Power2Parent, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in changes to the CCSD Sex Ed curriculum and/or parental rights in Nevada unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences