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The story is old, but the horror feels fresh
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
via The Washington Post (Idaho)'Blood on Satan's Claw,' by Robert Wynne-Simmons, is a novel by the screenwriter of the 1971 movie of the same name -- the first to be called 'folk horror'
Parents
What is WA’s parental ‘bill of rights’? And how are Democrats seeking to change it?
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)Legislation to update last year's parental 'bill of rights' initiative is heading to the Washington state House of Representatives amid a host of disagreements over what the changes will mean for families and schools.
Parents
Maryland House passes bill on health, sex education requirements
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)The largely party-line vote represented the third year in a row that state delegates have sought to weigh in on curriculum.
Parent Involvement, Sex Education
California Republicans, parents’ rights activists announce three new anti-trans bills
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Sacramento Bee (California)Assemblymembers Bill Essayli and Leticia Castillo, both Riverside County Republicans, unveiled the bills on Friday morning.
LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement
Parent’s Bill of Rights introduced in Minnesota House
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via KSTP (Minnesota)Nationally, advocates of these bills have called for more oversight of what's in school libraries, instruction of topics related to race, sexual orientation and gender identity, and medical care,…
Parents
SD House kills bill alerting parents if students discuss gender with school staff
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via Argus Leader (South Dakota)The bill would've alerted parents if their student talks to their school nurse, counselor, teacher or administrator about their gender identity.
Parents
Trump administration wants Black History Month lessons reviewed in school book purge
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via al.com (Alabama)A memo stated books will be removed if they do not align with directives to eliminate 'gender ideology' and 'discriminatory equity ideology.'
Parents
Civil rights office opens investigation into Prince William County schools over gender policy
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via InsideNoVA.com (Virginia)The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Prince William County Schools regarding the division's anti-discriminatory policies related to transgender students and a potential Title IX violation, the school division confirmed Thursday afternoon.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
House committee passes bill segregating bathrooms by sex assigned at birth
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via Argus Leader (South Dakota)The House State Affairs voted 11-2 Wednesday night to advance HB 1259, preventing transgender people from using the restrooms that match their gender.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
ICE, Schools and Children: What Families Should Know
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via KQED (California)If you're worried your family could be affected by Trump's mass deportation plans, explore a guide on how experts and advocates recommend parents and guardians talk to young people about their rights.
Parents
Without income requirements, Florida’s school voucher program booms
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
‘Choose each other every day’: Boise LGBTQ+ couple contends with the Idaho Legislature
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via Idaho Statesman (Idaho)After a recent push at the Legislature, the same-sex couple with two children spoke of the challenges they could face if their marriage was nullified.
Parents
The school board was the testing ground for the fall of our democracy
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)A few years ago, a colleague asked me what I believed to be the 'endgame' for all the chaos we had witnessed in America's school boards.
Racism, School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Bills raising age of medical consent in Alabama advance despite warnings: ‘Delay in care .. can be deadly’
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
via al.com (Alabama)'This is parents being in charge of their children and not the medical community,' Sen. Sam Givhan said.
Parents
Indiana Senate votes to put sex ed materials online. Some fear politicization
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)For the second year in a row, the Indiana Senate has approved a bill to make schools'
Parents
Slashing the federal workforce would have ‘immense’ impact on Virginia governor’s race
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)The Trump administration's effort to cut the federal government is playing in the 2025 race for governor of Virginia, home to thousands of federal employees.
Parents
Advocates applaud NJ appeals court upholding K12 transgender student protections
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
via North Jersey Media Group (New Jersey)An appellate panel ruled that orders blocking four NJ districts from removing transgender student protections were legal and should remain in place.
Parents
Colorado Democrats push proposal on contested books in schools
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
via The Gazette - Colorado Springs (Colorado)Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill requiring public and charter schools to establish written policies for handling challenged library books following a recent lawsuit against a district that removed nearly
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Colorado Democrats want schools to establish policies about contested books in libraries
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
via The Gazette - Colorado Springs (Colorado)Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill requiring public and charter schools to establish written policies for handling challenged library books following a recent lawsuit against a district that removed nearly
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement