Parents in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, won a legal battle against their school district after challenging an equity survey that asked students as young as nine years old about their sexual identities and behaviors.
“The appropriate remedy is to discard the surveys and all results derived therefrom,” administrative Judge Gail Cookson said in her November 15 decision, explaining the survey as present was neither voluntary, nor did it give parents the opportunity to opt their child out, according to NJ.com.
The initial complaint against the Cedar Grove Schools’ “Community Needs Assessment” — designed by the district’s Equity and Diversity Advisory Council — was filed with the state Department of Education in July…