The Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will not hear a legal challenge to a northern Colorado school district’s policy of not informing parents about a student’s gender transition.

The policy — which other school districts across the country have implemented — has been flagged by those concerned about the encroachment on parental rights under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Parents of minor children at Wellington Middle School in Poudre School District R-1 in Colorado argued that the high court should review their constitutional challenge to the district’s policies.

The policies included not notifying parents of a student’s decision to change their gender, letting the student work with the school counselor, and actively deceiving — or not answering parent questions — over the child’s preferred sex classification while at school.

The parents argued the policy interfered with their constitutional rights to raise their children without government interference.

The lower court had dismissed the case on procedural grounds and did not weigh the constitutionality arguments.

The high court, without comment, declined to take up the case.

It would have taken four justices to vote in favor of reviewing it for oral arguments to have been scheduled.

Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito and Neil M. Gorsuch wrote separately, noting they agree with the court not taking up this particular case — but also saying the issue is one of national concern.

“I remain concerned that some federal courts are ’tempt[ed]’ to avoid confronting a ’particularly contentious constitutional questio[n]’ whether a school district violates parents’ fundamental rights ’when, without parental knowledge or consent, it encourages a student to transition to a new gender or assists in that process,’” wrote Justice Alito.

His statement was joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch.

“Petitioners tell us that nearly 6,000 public schools have policies — as respondent allegedly does — that purposefully interfere with parents’ access to critical information about their children’s gender identity choices and school personnel’s involvement in and influence on those choices. The troubling — and tragic — allegations in this case underscore the ’great and growing national importance’ of the question that these parent petitioners present,” Justice Alito wrote.

• Alex Swoyer can be reached at aswoyer@washingtontimes.com.