Supreme Court: California parents have a right to know whether child is transitioning in school

The Supreme Court sided with parents Monday in a legal fight over California's requirement public school teachers keep gender transitions secret from the students' parents.

In a per curiam decision — one unsigned but issued by the court — the majority of the justices said the parents are likely to prevail on their arguments that California's rule interferes with the parents' religious rights.

Under a school district policy and later a state law, teachers were required to keep a student's gender transition in their classrooms, including the use of different names and pronouns, from parents.

The justices' Monday order also noted that the parents have a viable claim that the law violated their due process rights.