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Fort Worth, TX – This is a victory for the rule of law, common sense, and the people who Stand for Fort Worth. We are grateful Superintendent Scribner reversed and repealed his illegal transgender directive. The new guidelines merely restate existing District practices.  Stand for Fort Worth mobilized a bipartisan, multi-racial coalition of students, taxpayers and parents who were initially excluded from the process but whose voices have now been heard. We are disappointed the Board of Trustees failed to hold Superintendent Scribner accountable. We look forward to preventing this abuse of authority in the future by electing new Trustees next May who will Stand for Fort Worth.

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Comparison of FWISD Transgender Student Guidelines to previous guidelines

Fort Worth, TX – Stand for Fort Worth has reviewed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s legal opinion regarding Superintendent Kent Scribner’s transgender student guidelines. The Attorney General states, “Far from creating a partnership between parents, educators and administrators regarding their children’s education, the guidelines relegate parents to a subordinate status, receiving information only on a ‘need-to-know basis’.”  The opinion goes on to say that actions required by Superintendent Scribner’s policy are “against state law and grounds for discipline under the Education Code.”  On the matter of Superintendent Scribner’s self-proclaimed authority to issue the guidelines, the Attorney General states, “While a superintendent is authorized to recommend policies to be adopted by the Board, Chapter 11 of the Education Code, requires that policy decisions, like those addressing parental involvement with students’ gender identity choices, be addressed by the Board of Trustees prior to the development of any related administrative regulations.”

Zeb Pent, spokesman for Stand for Fort Worth, said, “The Attorney General confirmed what Fort Worth parents and taxpayers have been saying for nearly two months. Superintendent Scribner didn’t have the authority to write the transgender policy, and he doesn’t have the authority to revise the policy. Unfortunately, Fort Worth residents no longer trust Superintendent Scribner.”