A California judge granted a temporary restraining order on a Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education policy requiring parents to be notified if a student changes their gender identification.

The ruling comes a week after California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against the conservative district, calling the notification rules a “forced outing policy" and claiming it discriminates against transgender and gender nonbinary students.

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"The concern is how do we safeguard these students that identify as LGBTQ, and in my view, it's a situation that is singling out a class of protected individuals differently than the rest of the students," Judge Thomas Garza said in a ruling on Wednesday.

The board voted in favor of the policy in July, which is activated if a child requests to identify with a gender different than what is on his or her birth certificate or asks to use a different bathroom. School personnel have three days to tell a parent if a student falls under either of those categories. Hundreds protested against the decision, with board members defending the move saying they intend to protect parental rights.

Following the verdict, Bonta praised the judge’s decision, pledging to continue to advocate for LGBT students.

“San Bernardino Superior Court’s decision to issue a temporary restraining order rightfully upholds the state rights of our LGBTQ+ student community and protects kids from harm by immediately halting the board’s forced outing policy,” Bonta said in a statement.

Sonja Shaw, Chino Valley Unified School Board president, expressed her disappointment with the decision, but hopes to bring attention to the issue to motivate other districts to pass similar policies.

“I don’t understand why they are so gung ho on this issue, but everything else we have to inform the parents about,” Shaw said. “There is obviously an issue and parents are concerned.”

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Four California districts now require schools to notify parents when a student identifies with a different gender, with Rocklin Unified School District becoming the latest in a vote on Wednesday night. Orange Unified School District is slated to vote on a parental notification policy Thursday evening.

The California State Assembly voted on Wednesday to make every August "Transgender History Month," marking the first of its kind in the nation.