教育部长琳达·麦卡锡表示，州官员”严重滥用职权”，施压学区向家长隐瞒学生性别认同信息
作者：兰登·米昂
福克斯新闻
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家长隐瞒学生性别转变信息的政策违反联邦法律。
教育部长琳达·麦卡锡表示，联邦调查发现加州教育官员”严重滥用职权”，施压学区向家长隐瞒学生性别转变相关信息。
“在加文·纽森失败的领导下，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、向其家人隐瞒孩子相关信息的策略，”她在一份声明中表示。”拜登政府对这种剥夺父母权利的行为视而不见，还以激进跨性别意识形态的名义认可对儿童造成的不可逆转的伤害，而特朗普政府将不懈努力终结这一切。”
“孩子们不属于国家——他们属于家庭。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。
美国教育部表示，加州允许学区向家长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·桑德斯在向《政客》杂志的声明中表示，该部门正在审查麦卡锡发来的信件，但”我们确实认为我们在之前的沟通中已经解决了这封信的核心问题”。
州教育官员在10月告知学区，该州政策”不要求隐瞒信息”。
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联邦政府每年向该州提供的近80亿美元教育资金。
联邦政府表示，加州可以采取多项行动来解决违规问题，包括向所有校长和管理人员发出通知，指出”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，经家长请求后家长有权查阅，并通知校长和管理人员，州法律不应被解释为削弱或与联邦法律相抵触。
学区需要确认自己遵守《家庭教育权利和隐私法》（FERPA），该联邦法律赋予家长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，不得通知父母关于变性人和同性恋学生的性别认同或性取向。
教育部长琳达·麦卡锡表示，联邦调查发现加州官员”严重滥用职权”，施压学区向家长隐瞒学生性别转变相关信息。(安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社)
去年春天，联邦政府对州教育部展开调查，称州官员在学校”帮助学生进行社交性别转变”的同时，向家长隐瞒未成年人的”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》杂志报道，州官员10月致学区的信件中写道：”AB 1955并不禁止地方教育机构（LEA）工作人员向家长分享任何信息。根据两项法律的明确措辞，AB 1955和FERPA并不冲突，两者均允许家长在请求时查阅其学生的教育记录。”
据《政客》杂志报道，纽森办公室去年表示”根据联邦法律，父母继续完全、有保障地获得其子女教育记录的查阅权”。
金州的政策也面临法院审查。
上个月，一名联邦法官裁定，学校不得阻止教师向家长分享学生性别认同信息，但本月早些时候上诉法院推翻了这一裁决。提起诉讼的一组加州家长正请求美国最高法院恢复此前的裁决。
特朗普政府还在对加州提起法律诉讼，并以允许生理男性参加女子运动的政策为由威胁扣留资金。
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Education Department finds California gender policy violates federal law | Fox News
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.
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.
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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