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Oklahoma legislature considering over 50 bills targeting LGBTQ+ issues. What do they say?

Tuesday, February 20th, 2024

via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)

The ACLU is tracking anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the nation, and Oklahoma leads the pack with 54 bills. Here's a breakdown of what each bill entails.

Parent Involvement, Sex Education

Maryland ‘Freedom to Read Act’ bill aims to protects books and librarians

Monday, February 19th, 2024

via The Washington Post (New Jersey)

The 'Freedom to Read Act' of Maryland is proposed to protects books and librarians

School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Elections 2024: Get to know the candidates running for OC Board of Education

Monday, February 19th, 2024

via OC Register (California)

Three OCBE seats are up for grabs on the 2024 primary ballot, with incumbents in each district running for re-election and facing challengers.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Beth Fukumoto: A Bipartisan Spirit Continues To Elude Hawaii’s GOP Legislators

Monday, February 19th, 2024

via Honolulu Civil Beat (Hawaii)

It's hard to encourage cooperation across the aisle when you're championing many of the same issues that are tearing the country apart.

Parents

Commentary: When the archaeologists dig us up, it’ll be a scary sight

Sunday, February 18th, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

From cocaine-addled bears to children's literature, people of the future may be confused at what the Floridians of the 2020s were apparently afraid of, writes columnist Fred Grimm.

Parents

‘War on woke’ might play in Iowa (or not) but has different effect on education in Florida

Saturday, February 17th, 2024

via The Florida Times-Union (Florida)

Turning education into frontline of culture wars adds to challenges for Duval County hiring a superintendent and UNF growing enrollment.

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

School pronoun policies become debate as bills move through AZ legislature

Saturday, February 17th, 2024

via ABC15 Arizona (Arizona)

Several bills pertaining to transgender youth have been going through the legislature over the last few years and now a Valley family is suing Mesa Public Schools over the use of pronouns in schools.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Westwood school board moves to revive gender policy. Critics call it ‘parental exclusion’

Saturday, February 17th, 2024

via NorthJersey (New Jersey)

Tensions flared again at Thursday's board meeting, as a new majority moved to undo changes adopted by a "parental-rights" slate last year.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Second parental rights in education, courts passes Wyoming House committee

Friday, February 16th, 2024

via Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Wyoming)

CHEYENNE - A second bill dealing with parental rights, this pertaining to education and Wyoming's court systems, passed through committee Friday.

Parents

‘It can happen anywhere.’ Indiana parents lost custody of trans teen, ask SCOTUS for help

Friday, February 16th, 2024

via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)

Couple who cited religious grounds for not supporting trans child removed by DCS argue more could lose parental rights without Supreme Court help.

Parents

When the archaeologists dig us up, it’ll be a scary sight

Friday, February 16th, 2024

via Sun Sentinel (Florida)

From cocaine-addled bears to children's literature, people of the future may be confused at what the Floridians of the 2020s were apparently afraid of, writes columnist Fred Grimm.

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

School book challenges hijacked by ‘bad actors,’ DeSantis says

Friday, February 16th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

DeSantis, ed officials blast Miami school about permission slips for Black history event

Friday, February 16th, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz and Gov. Ron DeSantis singled out the school as an example of how some local school officials have 'politicized' state laws.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Bill to protect the use of students’ chosen names in Colorado schools brings heated debate to state Capitol

Friday, February 16th, 2024

via Durango Herald (Colorado)

Should K-12 schools in Colorado be required to use students' chosen names on unofficial documents such as rosters and student IDs, without a legal name change or parental notification? That question w...

School Board – General, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Students sue over Va.’s controversial transgender policy in schools

Thursday, February 15th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Virginia)

The ACLU of Virginia filed lawsuits on behalf of two transgender students, asking judges to vacate state guidance rolling back trans protections in schools.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

DeSantis Slams News Media for Distorting State’s Policies on Books in Public Schools

Thursday, February 15th, 2024

via Florida Daily (Florida)

Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted a press conference to contrast claims of book bans against the state's specific policy on books in public schools.

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Florida law blasted after permission slip sent to hear Black author’s book

Thursday, February 15th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Washington)

A parental bill of rights signed by Ron DeSantis in 2022 is under renewed scrutiny after a school asked for parental consent for a guest speaker to read a book written by an African American.

Parents

DeSantis again calls book banning a ‘hoax’ but wants laws tweaked

Thursday, February 15th, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

Gov. Ron DeSantis lashed out Thursday against what he calls the book banning ‘hoax' but wants laws regarding books in schools tweaked.

Parents

Florida officials blast Miami school about permission slips for Black history event

Thursday, February 15th, 2024

via Miami Herald (Florida)

A Miami-Dade School Board member asked for 'some clarity sooner rather than later.'

School Board – General, Parent Involvement