School Policy and Transgender Identity Expression: A Study of School Administrators’ Experiences

• Main Authors: Layla J. Kurt, Krystel H. Chenault
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Simon Fraser University 2017-03-01
• Series: International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
• Subjects: Transgender; Gender; School policy
• Online Access: http://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/article/view/757/172

School administrators are charged with establishing and enforcing school policies that provide safe and equitable learning environments for all students while adhering to state and federal laws as well as adopted school board policies. This qualitative research focuses on school administrators’ experiences with transgender students’ identity expression as it relates to school policies and student body experiences of transgender inclusion. Implications for district and building policy are also discussed.