The lawsuit would compel the Virginia Beach School Board to bar trans students from bathrooms and sports teams that match their gender.
school districts that are resisting his policy, and Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued a nonbinding legal opinion last month that the policies comply with state law — answering a question that had been raised by some lawyers around the state. Miyares also encouraged parents to legally challenge their school district if they thought the board was not complying.
The controversy stems from a 2020 law, introduced by Democrats, that directed the state Department of Education to address “common issues regarding transgender students in accordance with evidence-based best practices and include information, guidance, procedures, and standards.”Northam hoped to use the law to promulgate rules that would protect trans students. In 2021, his guidance would have let them use the bathrooms and sports teams that matched their genders.
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