N.J. Attorney General takes school district to court over policy to out LGBTQ students

Editor's Note: This post has been updated to include a response from the Hanover Township school board and the state's largest teachers union. The New Jersey Attorney General filed a civil rights complaint Wednesday against the Hanover Township Board of Education and public schools, challenging a policy passed Tuesday requiring school staff to notify parents of their children's gender identity and sexual orientation. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin joined Sundeep Iyer, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, in filing an emergency motion in Superior Court to prevent the new policy from g…

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