2022-57 - Anti LGBTQ State BOE Reso

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Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, RESOLUTION N0.2022-57 BY (Marx, Rader, Shachner - _ A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the vote of at least two thirds of Y the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, opposing an Anti-LGBTQ+ Resolution before the State Board of Education. WHEREAS, In September 2022, Ohio Board of Education Member Brenden Shea presented an anti-LGBTQ+ resolution for consideration; and WHEREAS, The 'Resolution to Support Parents, Schools, and Districts in Rejecting Harmful, Coercive, and Burdensome Gender Identity Policies" attempts to invalidate Federal Title IX protections in schools for LGBTQ+ youth; and WHEREAS, This resolution directly contradicts Lakewood City Schools Board of Education Policy and City of Lakewood Codified Ordinances Chapter 516 which prohibits discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people in the workplace, housing, public accommodation, and in education, as well as banning the harmful practice of conversion therapy within Lakewood's borders; and, WHEREAS, This resolution is also in opposition to Lakewood City Schools' Vision of a Lakewood Graduate, specifically the values of empathy and global awareness and violates the ideals of human kindness and inclusion that are so valued by the Lakewood Community; and WHEREAS, It is essential that our schools remain a safe, inclusive space for our children to grow and learn; and WHEREAS, The State Board of Education Executive Committee will continue the debate on this resolution and two additional amendments; now therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That this Council and Administration encourage members of our community to contact the State Board of Education to express their opposition to this harmful resolution. Section 2. That this Council and Administration does hereby recognize LGBTQIA+ students as full and vital members of our community and express our commitment to working to ensure full inclusion, safety, equality, and acceptance of LGBTQIA+ students; and Section 3. That the Clerk of Council is directed to send a copy of this resolution to the State Board of Education, the Governor, and Lakewood's State Senator and State Representative. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal