San Francisco Schools Superintendent Declines Direct Answers During Congressional Hearing on Curriculum and Parental Rights
San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Maria Su testified before a House committee and repeatedly declined to directly answer Republican lawmakers' questions about ethnic studies curriculum comparisons, transgender student policies, and parental notification practices. The hearing examined education policies across multiple school districts, with Su facing questions about whether curriculum materials compared parents opposing COVID policies to segregationists and whether the district equates pronoun refusal with assault. The testimony reflects ongoing national debates over school curriculum, parental rights, and LGBTQ+ student policies that have become flashpoints in education politics.
During a House committee hearing examining education policies, San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Maria Su testified and declined to provide direct yes-or-no answers to multiple questions from Republican lawmakers. When asked about curriculum allegedly comparing parents who opposed COVID-19 school policies to white families who avoided desegregation, Su said she would need to review the material first. Similar non-committal responses came when questioned about district guidance allegedly equating pronoun refusal with physical assault and about policies regarding transgender students in locker rooms. Su defended the district's policies by noting that parents can opt children out of LGBTQ-related instruction for religious reasons and that the district has adjusted policies following court rulings. The hearing was part of a broader examination of multiple school districts' approaches to curriculum, parental rights, and transgender student policies. One Republican lawmaker, Rep. Kevin Kiley of California, praised the district for reversing several controversial policies including removal of an ethnic studies requirement and reinstatement of middle-school algebra.
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The article does not provide Su's full statements or the complete context of the curriculum materials being discussed, nor does it include perspectives from the San Francisco school district defending the policies in question or from education advocates supporting the district's approach to these issues.
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SF schools boss dodges questions from Congress on pronouns, parental rights
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