The California Department of Education found that the Rocklin Unified School District violated state education code when it passed a parental notification policy in September, according to a letter the CDE wrote to the district on Feb. 1. The policy passed on Sept. 6, 2023 with four out of five votes after hours of protests and public comment. It requires all school staff and teachers to inform a student’s parents if a student requests to go by a different gender pronoun or name, or use facilities that do not align with their biological sex. According to the CDE letter, written last Thursday, …