The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, gives parents the right to review their kids’ education records and correct any inaccuracies. The Justice Department hasn’t accused the district of actually preventing any parents from accessing records, said Brian Dittmeier, director of LGBTQI+ Equality at the National Women’s Law Center.

The government “is overstating the reach of the law in an attempt to force their preferred policy result,” he said. “FERPA does not require proactive parental notification as records are created.”