Overview

• Trustees approved the measure 3–2, with Derek Tisinger, Kathy Scrivner and J. Bryan Batey in favor and David Manriquez and Steven Rodrigue opposed.
• The resolution is nonbinding, authored outside the district, and was adopted without an in-house legal review.
• Before the vote, the board unanimously agreed to request guidance from state and federal officials, citing ongoing U.S. Department of Justice litigation and possible funding risks.
• Current KHSD and CIF practice allows athletes to compete consistent with their gender identity, which Ridgeview High’s athletic director said the school follows.
• Attention to the issue escalated after Bakersfield Christian High School forfeited a girls’ volleyball match over a trans player, and the board separately expanded a policy allowing parental religious opt-outs from instruction.