Overview
- San Francisco Unified Superintendent Maria Su testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Wednesday, June 10, answering hours of questions about transgender student accommodations, ethnic studies and parental notification.
- The U.S. Department of Justice announced a compliance review on June 8 that will examine SFUSD’s teaching on sexual orientation and gender ideology and whether teachers were told parental permission or notice was required.
- Republican committee members used the hearing to press district leaders on locker rooms, pronouns, drag events and opt‑out rules while citing House bills such as H.R. 2616 that would require parental consent for pronoun or gender accommodations and limit funding for instruction on gender ideology.
- Su defended the district’s focus on academic outcomes and inclusion and said SFUSD follows state and federal law, and San Francisco’s City Attorney’s Office provided legal counsel with the city or district covering related costs.
- Next steps to watch are the DOJ’s findings, possible changes to Education Department enforcement or federal funding, and how courts and Congress resolve conflicts between federal actions and California laws that protect LGBTQ+ students.