For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below.At the General Assembly's direction, the Department of Education created model policies that are inclusive of transgender and nonbinary students.
All school districts must adopt policies consistent with or more comprehensive than the model policies. They include allowing students to use school bathrooms and locker rooms that conform to their gender identity and allowing students to use pronouns and a name that reflects their gender identity.Christian Action Network, a faith-based organization, and two families whose children attend Lynchburg public schools filed a motion seeking to have the guidelines postponed.