The B.C. government has spent $95 million on the new MyBCED platform to provide information about student timetables, attendance, medical information, and report cards.

But an NDP MLA for Vancouver–West End, Spencer Chandra Herbert, says that it does not allow students to include their preferred names on attendance forms.

In a letter to Education Minister Mike Bernier, Herbert pointed out that transgender students and other students, for cultural reasons, "may wish to use names not on their birth certificates/legal documents".

"I am concerned that this oversight may lead, and may currently be leading some students to face bullying in their classes when a substitute teacher, or someone lacking sensitivity, uses a name that the student may not be known by amongst their fellow students," Chandra Herbert wrote.

He concluded his letter by stating that everything should be done to make students feel safe in schools and "to respect students by using the names they use for themselves".

"Will you look at into this issue, and ensure it is fixed so students' preferred names are what is used on MyBCED?" the NDP MLA asked.