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Huntsville libraries to review books, but Moms for Liberty wants more

Monday, June 3rd, 2024

via al.com (Alabama)

Some residents say the library should get stricter about obscenity and sexual content.

Parents

LGBTQ Groups Accuse Florida As ‘Anti-Gay’ But Are Promoting Pride Events In The State

Monday, June 3rd, 2024

via Florida Daily (Florida)

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A recent article by Axios titled, 'Why Florida is America's least gay-friendly state,' rounded off a host of measures supported by Gov. Ron DeSantis, they…

Parents

Florida revises school library book removal training following public outcry

Monday, June 3rd, 2024

via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)

The move comes after the Florida Department of Education told public school leaders to remove any book that contained

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

How the trans culture wars came to New York

Monday, June 3rd, 2024

via City & State NY (New York)

Who pays the price when Republicans start campaigning on trans issues?

Parents

The 2024 Above & Beyond: Pride

Monday, June 3rd, 2024

via City & State NY (New York)

LGBTQ+ leaders fighting for equality across New York.

Parents

This corner of California is at the front line of parental rights battles. Now it faces a big test

Sunday, June 2nd, 2024

via San Francisco Chronicle (California)

The Inland Empire has led California's battle over parental rights in schools. A looming recall could be an early indicator of how influential those issues are.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Texas GOP divisions grow after fraught primaries

Saturday, June 1st, 2024

via KXAN (Texas)

Tuesday's contentious runoffs laid bare the turmoil in Texas's state Republican Party. In elections that saw unprecedented levels of outside spending, the party's so-called business faction was le…

Parents

Democrats’ Payback to Republican Assemblyman Bill Essayli for Supporting Parental Rights

Friday, May 31st, 2024

via California Globe (California)

'California Democrats represent the antithesis of a constitutional republic. The biggest threat to democracy in America.' That statement is from California attorney Julie Ham

Parents

Louisiana governor to sign bill that lets parents use tax money to pay for private school

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

via BRProud (Louisiana)

The process will begin for K-12 schools by 2025. SB313 states these schools include private, charter, faith-based, religious, public and home-study programs.

Parents

Historic Louisiana Gator Scholarship Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk – Bossier Press-Tribune

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

via Bossier Press Tribune (Louisiana)

Parents

WILL: Wisconsin Court of Appeals grants WILL request to hear free speech case & postpones scheduled jury trial

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)

The News: The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has granted WILL's motion for permissive appeal, putting on hold a costly, pointless, and incoherent jury trial. WILL's client, Scarlett Johnson, is a…

Parents

Louisiana Senate passes bill to protect teachers who reject students’ preferred pronouns

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

via The Times-Picayune (Louisiana)

Louisiana is one step closer to giving teachers legal protection if they refuse to use a student's preferred name or pronouns, the latest effort by the state Legislature to roll back support for transgender young people.

Parents

Moms for Liberty supports Harford schools library committee, concerned with membership

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

via Capital Gazette (Maryland)

After two years of raising concerns over what they referred to as explicit content in school libraries, the Harford County chapter of Moms for Liberty says the school system's new Library Materials…

Parents

Can California Supreme Court strike the right balance on bail?

Wednesday, May 29th, 2024

via CalMatters (California)

The state Supreme Court will soon weigh fairness to defendants versus public safety in the California bail system.

Parents

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan takes early lead over David Covey in GOP runoff

Wednesday, May 29th, 2024

via Dallas Morning News (Texas)

Speaker Dade Phelan has been targeted by his party's right wing and finished the March primary in second place to challenger David Covey.

Parents

Measure to restrict the rights of trans youth fails to qualify for California ballot

Wednesday, May 29th, 2024

via San Francisco Chronicle (California)

A California initiative that would have banned gender-confirming care and required teachers to out students to their parents failed to qualify for the ballot.

Parents

Proposal to limit transgender youth rights fails to qualify for California’s November ballot

Tuesday, May 28th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Supporters of the measure said that schools were infringing on "parental rights" by supporting students' gender identity.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Report urges state action to combat rising attacks against LGBTQ youth, families, and educators

Tuesday, May 28th, 2024

via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

'The attacks being seen on the ground by advocates and youth include book bans, LGBTQ flag removals in schools, graffiti, drag story hour protests, drag show bans, curriculum disputes, [and] harassment at school committee meetings," the report said.

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Yarmouth School Committee candidates weigh in on restricting student access to controversial materials

Tuesday, May 28th, 2024

via Portland Press Herald (Maine)

The four residents running for the Yarmouth School Committee weighed in at a recent candidate forum on perennial topics like the budget and how they approach compromise, but they also fielded a…

Parents