Soledad Unified confident its policies comply with state, federal law amid DOJ review

The superintendent of Soledad Unified School District is confident its policies comply with state and federal law as it prepares to take part in a U.S. Department of Justice review examining parental notification and gender-related school policies.

The review, announced Monday by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, includes Soledad Unified and two other Monterey County school districts — Graves Elementary School District and Santa Rita Union School District — as well as San Francisco Unified School District. Federal officials said they will examine whether these school districts properly notify parents of their rights to opt children out of portions of sex education involving sexual orientation and gender identity.