Chesapeake School Board to vote on policy restricting staff use of preferred pronouns and personal titles

Chesapeake School Board to vote on policy restricting staff use of preferred pronouns and personal titles

The Chesapeake School Board is scheduled to vote Monday on a proposed policy change that would prohibit district employees from asking students and colleagues to refer to them using preferred pronouns that differ from their biological sex. The proposed revision of policy 8-02 states: Refrain from providing to a student his or her personal title or pronouns if such preferred personal title or pronouns do not correspond to his or her sex.The polic…