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Linn County Attorney: Make ‘doxxing’ easier to prosecute

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

via Quad-City Times (Iowa)

Subcommittees in both the House and Senate in recent weeks have advanced bills that would add doxxing to Iowa's definition of harassment, making it easier to prosecute.

Parents

Linn County Attorney pushing lawmakers to make ‘doxxing’ easier to prosecute in Iowa

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

via The Gazette (Iowa)

A form of cyberbullying, doxxing involves posting private or personal identifiable information online about another person — such as a home address, phone number, Social Security number or other identifiers — for the purposes of harassing, intimidating, embarrassing or otherwise harming the person.

Racism, Parent Involvement

SD House kills Aberdeen representative’s bill alerting parents of gender discussions

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025

via Aberdeen News (South Dakota)

The bill would have alerted parents if their student talks to their school nurse, counselor, teacher or administrator about their gender identity.

Parents

State senator files bill to ban fluoride in drinking water statewide

Monday, February 17th, 2025

via WESH (Florida)

The Longwood City Commission voted unanimously to remove fluoride from its water at its meeting Monday evening.

Parents

The week ahead: Social policy dominates this week at the State House

Monday, February 17th, 2025

via New Hampshire Union LeaderNew Hampshire Sunday News (New Hampshire)

Following the Presidents Day holiday, the New Hampshire Legislature will dive deeply into the pool of social policy with high-profile public hearings on abortion, parental rights and the legal dilemma

Parents

Gov. Abbott orders TEA probe of Houston school for calling a student by chosen name and pronouns

Monday, February 17th, 2025

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

The governor also called on lawmakers to prohibit the practice at all schools.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Indiana lawmakers are still considering education bills on charter schools, DEI and more

Monday, February 17th, 2025

via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)

Monday marks a committee deadline for Indiana lawmakers. Here's a look at bills on public education that have survived so for.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Bill tracker: Property tax relief, transgender sports ban advance. What else moved

Monday, February 17th, 2025

via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)

About 1,200 bills have been filed this year, but only some of them will become law. Here are where major bills stand as of mid-February.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Anthony Hudson announces campaign for Michigan Governor

Sunday, February 16th, 2025

via TV6 & FOX UP (Michigan)

Hudson says his campaign has gained traction on social media, particularly for his bold proposal to make Michigan the first state to eliminate property taxes.

Parents

Gov. Abbott asks TEA to investigate Bellaire High School for allegedly socially ‘transitioning’ student

Sunday, February 16th, 2025

via Houston Chronicle (Texas)

Gov. Greg Abbott asked the TEA to investigate HISD's Bellaire High School after Moms for Liberty alleged teachers have been 'socially transitioning' a student.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

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