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LOS ANGELES - The head of the California Department of Education (news - web sites) determined Monday that a school district's policy regarding discrimination based on "perceived gender" was legal despite bypassing state-mandated protections.
The decision spares the Westminster School District from losing a large portion of its state funding. A majority on the school board had refused to adopt the state's version of an antidiscrimination policy intended to protect transgender students, claiming that state-mandated protection was immoral.
In a letter to the district's board president, Superintendent Jack O'Connell said he's concerned that the district's policy indicates an unwillingness to accept the state's mandate.