The Porterville City Council will continue working on two ordinances that have sparked significant outcry: a new “Parental Rights in Education” ordinance, and a “Protect Women’s Safe Spaces” transgender bathroom ordinance previously discussed on March 4. The published text of the proposed “Parental Rights in Education” ordinance would require public schools in Porterville to notify parents if their children are requesting access to private facilities for another gender or asking to be referred to by a different name or pronouns. Multiple council members chafed at the idea that the parental rights ordinance targeted transgender youth specifically, though the first item of the ordinance specifically called for “Parental Notification for Gender Identity Changes.”