CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- The Chesterfield County School Board voted 3-2 to adopt controversial changes to the school division's transgender student policy. The meeting went on for almost seven hours, with the board not coming to a decision until past 1 a.m. The changes will affect everything from bathroom and locker room access to participation in gender-segregated sports. Additionally, the proposed policy revision would require students to use facilities that align with the sex listed on their official records. The changes stem from Governor Glenn Youngkin’s recent model policies, which were issued by the Virginia Department of Education earlier this year. (Photo: Jakobi Davis, 8News)(Photo: Jakobi Davis, 8News)(Photo: Jakobi Davis, 8News)(Photo: Jakobi Davis, 8News) More than 130 people signed up to speak during the public comment section of the meeting to strongly advocate for one side or the other. The changes include requiring students to get written permission from their parents if they want to go by a different name at school than the one on their school record. School board members also added an amendment surrounding facility access, making single-use facilities like bathrooms available to any student who requests it. "LGBTQ+ youth already have so many mental health issues, in part because of the constant punching down that we see in our society," said Jason Pye, a Chesterfield step-parent. "Here it is now, it's being mandated or at least implemented by the Chesterfield County School Board." Pye describes these changes as simply bullying through legislation, arguing that this strips transgender kids of crucial protections, taking away their ability to express themselves. He said not all children have unconditionally loving and supportive parents, and that not all of them will be accepted by their parents for who they are. "I am very sympathetic to the notion that parents should have a say in their kid's education. At the same time, I know that not every home is that safe space that many parents think it is," Pye said. "If that child doesn't have that safe space at home, now they don't have that safe space at school." Robert Benton, a father of five Chesterfield students, disagrees, saying that issues like identity and self-expression -- what he describes as "political issues" -- should not have a presence in our kid's lives at all. "Now a lot of kids are questioning, 'Am I this?' because they see it around them," Benton said. "And I just think the world's already too confusing to do that to kids as it is." He believes schools should stay out of children's identity altogether, arguing it should stay between the student and their parents. "That's between the student and the parent. If parents are so concerned, why are you having the school babysit, they should probably be more involved in their kid's life," Benton said. 8News reached out to the Chesterfield County School Board last week before the vote and again today, but has not received a response.