教育部长琳达·麦克马洪称州官员”严重滥用职权”，施压学区向父母隐瞒学生性别认同信息
作者：Landon Mion
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发布时间：2026年1月29日 美国东部时间凌晨1:51
美国教育部周三宣布，加州一项允许学区向父母隐瞒学生性别转变情况的政策违反联邦法律。
教育部长琳达·麦克马洪表示，联邦调查发现加州教育官员”严重滥用职权”，施压学区向父母隐瞒学生性别转变的相关信息。
她在一份声明中说：”在加文·纽森的失败领导下，学校工作人员甚至吹嘘自己在’推动性别转变’，并分享针对未成年人、向孩子家庭隐瞒信息的策略。’虽然拜登政府对这种剥夺父母权利的行为视而不见，并以激进跨性别意识形态的名义认可对儿童造成的不可逆伤害，但特朗普政府将不懈努力终止这种做法。
“孩子们不属于国家，而属于家庭。我们将动用一切可用机制追究加州对这些做法的责任，并恢复父母的权利，”部长补充道。
天主教团体要求最高法院阻止加州禁止向父母披露学生性别认同的法律
美国教育部表示，加州允许学区向父母隐瞒学生性别转变的政策违反联邦法律。（盖蒂图片社）
加州教育部发言人莉兹·桑德斯在给《政客》的声明中表示，该部门正在审查麦克马洪发送的信件，但”我们确实认为我们在之前的沟通中已经回应了这封信的核心内容”。
州教育官员在10月告诉学区，该州政策”并不强制要求不披露信息”。
如果州官员不与特朗普政府合作解决违规问题，联邦调查结果可能危及加州每年近80亿美元的教育经费。
为解决违规问题，联邦政府表示加州可以采取多项措施，包括向所有学区负责人和管理人员发布通知，明确”性别支持计划”或其他与学生直接相关的文件属于教育记录，父母经请求有权查阅，并通知学区负责人和管理人员，州法律不应被解释为削弱或与联邦法律相冲突。
学区需要确认其遵守《家庭教育权利和隐私法》（FERPA），该联邦法律赋予父母查阅子女教育记录的权利，同时州政府必须在其LGBTQ+文化能力培训中加入联邦政府批准的内容。
2024年由州长加文·纽森签署的州政策AB 1955规定，未经学生同意，禁止通知父母变性和同性恋学生的性别认同或性取向。
教育部长琳达·麦克马洪表示，联邦调查发现加州官员”严重滥用职权”，施压学区向父母隐瞒学生性别转变情况。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
去年春天，联邦政府对加州教育部展开调查，称州官员在”在学校对儿童进行社会性转变的同时，向父母隐瞒未成年人的’性别认同’”。
联邦机构还声称该州违反了《家庭教育权利和隐私法》。
据《政客》报道，州官员在10月致学区的信中写道：”AB 1955并不禁止地方教育机构（LEA）工作人员与父母分享任何信息。根据两项法律的明确措辞，AB 1955与FERPA之间没有冲突，两者都允许父母在请求时查阅其子女的教育记录。”
据《政客》报道，纽森办公室去年表示”父母根据联邦法律继续享有查阅其子女教育记录的全部、有保障的权利”。
加州的政策还在法庭上受到审查。
特朗普政府认定圣何塞州立大学处理变性排球运动员布莱尔·弗莱明事件违反《性别平等法案》
2024年由州长加文·纽森签署的州政策禁止通知父母变性和同性恋学生的性别认同或性取向。（美联社照片/里希·佩德罗内利，档案照片）
一名联邦法官上月裁定，学校不得阻止教师向父母分享学生性别认同信息，但上诉法院本月早些时候推翻了这一裁决。一群提起诉讼的加州父母正要求美国最高法院恢复之前的裁决。
特朗普政府还在就允许生理男性参加女子体育比赛的政策对加州提起法律诉讼，并威胁要削减资金。
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Trump admin finds California ban on notifying parents of gender transitions violated federal law
Education Secretary Linda McMahon says state officials ‘egregiously abused’ their authority by pressuring districts to hide gender identity information from parents
By Landon Mion
Fox News
Published January 29, 2026 1:51am EST
The U.S. Department of Education announced on Wednesday that a California policy allowing school districts to keep students’ gender transition from their parents violates federal law.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said a federal investigation found that California education officials “egregiously abused” their authority by pressuring school districts to withhold information about students’ gender transitions from their parents.
“Under Gavin Newsom’s failed leadership, school personnel have even bragged about facilitating ‘gender transitions,’ and shared strategies to target minors and conceal information about children from their own families,” she said in a statement. “While the Biden Administration turned a blind eye to this deprivation of parental rights and endorsed the irreversible harms done to children in the name of radical transgender ideology, the Trump Administration will fight relentlessly to end it.”
“Children do not belong to the State—they belong to families. We will use every available mechanism to hold California accountable for these practices and restore parental rights,” the secretary added.
CATHOLIC GROUP ASKS SCOTUS TO BLOCK CALIFORNIA LAW AGAINST REVEALING STUDENTS’ GENDER IDENTITIES TO PARENTS
The U.S. Department of Education said a California policy allowing school districts to keep students’ gender transition from their parents violates federal law.(Getty Images)
California Department of Education spokesperson Liz Sanders said in a statement to Politico that the department was reviewing the letter sent by McMahon but that “we do believe that we have addressed the essence of this letter in previous communications.”
State education officials told school districts in October that the state’s policy “does not mandate nondisclosure.”
The findings of the federal investigation could put at risk the nearly $8 billion in education funding the federal government gives the state each year if state officials do not work with the Trump administration to resolve the violations.
To resolve the violations, the federal government said California can take several actions, including issuing a notice to all superintendents and administrators that “gender support plans” or other related documentation directly related to a student are considered education records and are subject to parental inspection upon request and notifying superintendents and administrators that state laws should not be interpreted to undermine or contradict federal law.
School districts would need to affirm that they are complying with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, a federal law that gives parents the right to inspect their children’s records, while the state must add content approved by the federal government to its LGBTQ+ cultural competency training.
The state policy, AB 1955, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024, banned the parental notification of transgender and gay students’ gender identity or sexual orientation without the student’s consent.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said a federal investigation found that California officials “egregiously abused” their authority by pressuring school districts to withhold students’ gender transitions from their parents.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Last spring, the federal government opened an investigation into the state’s Department of Education, arguing state officials were helping “socially transition children at school while hiding minors’ ‘gender identity’ from parents.”
The federal agency also claimed the state was violating the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
“AB 1955 does not prohibit LEA staff from sharing any information with parents,” state officials wrote to school districts in October, according to Politico. “Based on the plain language of both laws, there is no conflict between AB 1955 and FERPA, which both permit parental access to their student’s education records upon request.”
Newsom’s office said last year that “parents continue to have full, guaranteed access to their student’s education records as required by federal law,” according to Politico.
The Golden State’s policies are also facing scrutiny in the courts.
TRUMP ADMIN DETERMINES SJSU VIOLATED TITLE IX WITH HANDLING OF TRANS VOLLEYBALL PLAYER BLAIRE FLEMING
The state policy, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2024, banned the parental notification of transgender and gay students’ gender identity or sexual orientation.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
A federal judge ruled last month that schools cannot prevent teachers from sharing information about a student’s gender identity with their parents, but an appeals court blocked that ruling earlier this month. A group of California parents who brought the case are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the earlier decision.
The Trump administration is also pursuing legal action against California and threatening to withhold funding over a policy allowing biological males to compete in girls’ sports.
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