Austin ISD's superintendent said this week that trans kids in the district should continue to feel safe at school, after Texas' attorney general issued an opinion saying some medical care they seek should be considered child abuse. | ClaireMcInerny
Ken Paxton's opinion is nonbinding, so schools are not required to turn in families who seek out hormone therapy or any sort of gender-assignment surgery or procedure. These types of opinions are meant to guide prosecutors in how to interpret the law.
A day after Paxton issued his opinion, Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Department of Family Protective Services directing it to “conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of any reported instances of these abusive procedures in the State of Texas.”. DAs in Dallas, Travis, Bexar, Nueces and Fort Bend said the directive was disturbing and that they will not prosecute any families for child abuse who seek these kinds of treatments for their children.
School staff are mandatory reporters for child abuse, but a spokesperson from AISD said it is not telling school staff to do anything different in light of Paxton's opinion. Instead, the spokesperson says staff should reassure trans students and their families that they will continue to be safe at school and will not be reported.
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