Does your school district have a Transgender/Gender Nonconforming Policy? Parents Defending Education has published a list of districts in the country which have policies that openly state that district personnel can or should keep a student’s transgender status hidden from parents.

The list for Maryland is below with links. A link to a national list from Parents Defending Education is at the end of this article.

National Data:

Number of total districts: 1044

Number of total schools: 18,331

Number of total students: 10,704,667

Anne Arundel Public Schools

transgender.pdf (aacps.org)

Baltimore City Public Schools

General Order 18-05 Interactions with LGBTQ Persons - Draft Revisions (9-27-2022).pdf (boarddocs.com)

Carroll County Public Schools

StudentServicesManual.pdf (finalsite.net)

Frederick County Public Schools

443 (fcps.org)

Harford County Public Schools

PROVIDING SAFE SPACES FOR TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING YOUTH: GUIDELINES FOR GENDER IDENTITY NON-DISCRIMINATION (hcps.org)

Howard County Public Schools

Guidelines for Supporting Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students 10.8.18.pdf (hcpss.org)

Montgomery County Public Schools

2019-202020guidelines20for20student20gender20identity13.pdf (montgomeryschoolsmd.org)

Prince Georges County Public Schools

board-policy-0103---inclusive-environments-for-lgbtqia-people.pdf (pgcps.org)

Source: List of School District Transgender - Gender Nonconforming Student Policies - Parents Defending Education