By Norishka Pachot | Fox 21 News
The Colorado Springs School District 11 (D11) Board of Education has voted to integrate a new name-change policy that would require parental consent.
The new ACA policy directs the superintendent to develop a process for a student to request the use of a chosen name to reflect their gender identity. Therefore, students and parents/guardians must request a change to their legal name or gender on their official student record, and it would only be recognized after parents were notified.
The new policy has sparked conversations about discrimination and even ‘sidestepping’ a state law. According to board member Julie Ott, the school board had received many emails about the subject, which the board hadn’t “in a long time on one subject.”