A California judge upholds the local school district’s ban on critical race theory and transgender notification.

A California judge has maintained the Temecula Unified School District’s policy prohibiting the teaching of Critical Race Theory and the district’s obligation to notify parents in the event that a student chooses to change their gender at school. For conservative parents and school board members who put these measures into place in defiance of strong pressure from Governor Gavin Newsom, activist organizations, and the media, the decision represents a triumph, albeit a fleeting one. According to the Critical Race Theory, racism permeates every institution in the United States. Legal activists sued the Temecula school system over the 2022 adoption of the Critical Race Theory ban, as Breitbart News reported in August. However, the Los Angeles Times reports that last Monday, Judge Eric Keen of the Riverside County Superior Court denied the activists’ plea for a temporary injunction against the district’s practices, upholding the policies—at least for the time being. Judge Eric Keen, however, dismissed the request on Friday, dismissing the claim that the district’s policy was ambiguous. The board’s resolution lays out the precise components of critical race theory that cannot be taught, he noted in an eight-page decision. According to Keen, the resolution restricts the teaching of critical race theory to a “subordinate role within a larger instructional framework” and concentrates on the curriculum’s “flaws.” Keen also offered commentary on a contentious parental notification policy that mandates district employees to notify parents when their child requests to use a name other than their legal name or to be labeled as a different gender. The policy, according to him, is “gender neutral,” does not specifically target transgender or gender nonconforming children, and is applicable to any student who requests to modify their official or unofficial school records. It also applies to all students in the district.Though Newsom has singled out the district for criticism, he was unable to explain why parents shouldn’t be permitted to know about their children’s whereabouts when questioned by Breitbart News in the spin room at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library following the Republican presidential primary debate in September.