Texas AG Ken Paxton: Fort Worth ISD's transgender policy violates state law
AUSTIN -- The Fort Worth school district's factious new guidelines for transgender students violate state law by relegating "parents to a subordinate status" in being informed about their children, according to state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
He issued that nonbinding opinion on Tuesday, further elevating his role in what's become a national debate. Paxton last month sued the Obama administration over its schools directive to let transgender students use bathrooms that match their gender identity.
And the latest action, which does not carry the force of law, further allies Paxton with fellow Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on the issue.
Patrick had asked Paxton for the legal opinion as part of his broadside against Fort Worth schools Superintendent Kent Scribner for enacting the more inclusive rules. The lieutenant governor said Tuesday that the opinion was further proof that Scribner should step down.
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