Minister of Education Bill Hogan is responding to an advocate’s scathing report by making it clear that the school policy on gender identity applies to both formal and informal name changes.
In a hastily called news conference on Wednesday, Hogan said the mandate to get consent from parents before using the chosen name and pronoun of a child under 16 now also extends to using the name and pronoun verbally in the classroom.
Earlier changes to Policy 713 were not clear on informal pronoun and name use. The policy, since it was implemented in 2020, has always required parental consent for name changes on
