A Dallas-area elementary school art teacher has reportedly been on administrative leave for months after she inquired about adding LGBT-friendly language to district policies.

The Dallas Morning News confirmed with district officials that Stacy Bailey, a teacher at Mansfield Independent School District’s Charlotte Anderson Elementary School, is on leave, but officials declined to comment on the specifics of the disciplinary action.

In August, Bailey emailed district officials in the hopes of discussing adding "sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression" in the district’s anti-discrimination policy, the Dallas Morning News reported Wednesday.

"I think it is important that MISD starts movement towards progress now," Bailey’s email, obtained by the Dallas Morning News, read. "We have many LGBTQ teachers, students, and families in this district. We deserve the right to feel protected by our district."

Bailey also reached out to counselors at another district school asking about the school’s gay-straight alliance group.

Bailey, who was previously named the school’s Teacher of the Year, was notified via email on Sept. 8, the day after she emailed the counselors, that she would be placed on paid administrative leave, pending an investigation, according to the report.

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The email to Bailey did not give a reason for the suspension, but instructed her not to contact students, parents or staff during the leave.

Dozens of students and parents attended a school board meeting last week to express their support for Bailey, who one parent said “brings diversity to this classroom.”

“She accepts my child for who she is and she loves her for it,” the parent said, according to the Dallas Morning News. “I’m perplexed how this person who everyone seems to adore can be kept from our children."

District officials told the Dallas Morning News in a statement that the district “does not condone harassment or discrimination of any kind toward anyone."

Donald Williams, the district associate superintendent of communications, told the paper that the anti-discrimination policy “covers all employees, including the LGBT community.”

"That's really the heart of Mansfield ISD,” Williams said. “We truly believe that and that is our position. We don't discriminate against any of employees."