The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case involving Maryland parents attempting to sue a school district for its policies that reinforce gender transition of students without their parents’ consent.
The case, John and Jane Parents 1 v. Montgomery County Board of Education, centered around whether the parents have the proper standing to file the suit. The 4th circuit court of appeals ruled in August that three parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, lacked standing to challenge the policy.
The parents had argued that the district’s 2020-21 gender identity policy authorized concealing information about a child’s preferred pronouns and gender identity from parents.
The 4th circuit in a 2-1 decision denied the parents standing because they did “not allege that their children have gender support plans, are transgender or even struggling with issues of gender identity.”
