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Florida rejects books on voting, Tuskegee airmen for museum’s storytime
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Florida's Department of State tossed out the entire slate of books recommended by the civil-rights Grove Museum for the first six months of its 2024 monthly storytime program for young childr…
Parents
2024 Session: Bill would give ‘patriotic organizations’ access to Florida public schools
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2024
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)A bill that would give special access to some 'patriotic organizations' to pass out instructional materials in schools is in committee on Tuesday.
Parents
Gov. Kay Ivey says ‘landmark’ school choice bill her top priority
Monday, January 22nd, 2024
via al.com (Alabama)The governor spoke at a rally to commemorate National School Choice Week.
Parents
MSNBC host blasted for questioning Moms for Liberty’s ‘expertise’ on explicit books
Monday, January 22nd, 2024
via CBS 21 News (Pennsylvania)Public figures blasted MSNBC anchor Joy Reid Sunday for grilling a Moms for Liberty co-founder over pushes to remove sexually explicit books from schools.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Hicks Palmetto Politics: Solicitor objects to Legislature’s tone-deaf judicial politics
Monday, January 22nd, 2024
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)The politicians who brought you the all-male state Supreme Court are getting called out for more juris imprudence.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Sarasota police won’t charge Christian Ziegler with sexual assault
Friday, January 19th, 2024
via The Washington Post (Florida)Sarasota police won't file rape charges against former Florida Republican Party leader Christian Ziegler, but will forward a probable cause affidavit for video voyeurism to the state attorney's office.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Ex-Florida GOP chairman’s sex was likely consensual, police say, but recording wasn’t
Friday, January 19th, 2024
via Miami Herald (Florida)Police said they sent a probable cause affidavit for the felony crime of video voyeurism to prosecutors for review on Friday.
Parents
WS/FCS board OKs limits on who can formally object to books, materials. Only students and parents and guardians of enrolled students can raise such objections
Friday, January 19th, 2024
via Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)Against the wishes of a Moms for Liberty leader, school board limits who can challenge material
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Former Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler won’t be charged with rape
Friday, January 19th, 2024
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)Sarasota police began investigating former Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler following a rape allegation in October.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
What can Florida families buy with taxpayer funded school vouchers?
Friday, January 19th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Assembly passes parental rights, firearm tracking ban and universal credentialing bills
Friday, January 19th, 2024
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)Lawmakers passed AB 510 — a bill that would establish specific 'fundamental rights' for parents — in a 62-35 vote.
Parents
The Failed Under 12 Youth Football Tackle Ban: The Democrats Evade A Huge Issue
Friday, January 19th, 2024
via California Globe (California)In just over a week, Assembly Bill 734, authored by Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), went through one of the craziest short falls and rises in recent legislative history in Sacramento. Built…
Parents
Rep. Gundrum: Parental Bill of Rights passes Assembly
Thursday, January 18th, 2024
via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)Madison, WI – Representative Rick Gundrum (R-Slinger) voted for Assembly Bill 510, relating to rights reserved to a parent or guardian of a child. After passage of the bill, he released the following…
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
NJ dad sues school for keeping child’s gender transition a secret
Thursday, January 18th, 2024
via New Jersey 101.5 (New Jersey)The lawsuit is the latest legal battle over New Jersey's transgender policy prohibiting schools from informing parents if their child transitions.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Senate bill revives Parents’ Bill of Rights, void of critical race theory language
Thursday, January 18th, 2024
via Columbia Missourian (Missouri)Senators went head-to-head in a packed hearing about a bill that aims to strengthen parental rights in schools.
Racism, Parent Involvement
Senate Republicans look at preventing local bans on conversion therapy
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
via Globe Gazette (Iowa)DES MOINES — Senate Republicans are looking at prohibiting local governments from banning so-called conversion therapy, a method of attempting to convince gay people to become heterosexual that has been
Parents
Conversion therapy bans would be banned under Iowa Senate Republican proposal
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
via The Gazette (Iowa)Conversion therapy, the practice of attempting to convince gay people to become heterosexual, is widely discredited and opposed by medical and psychiatric organizations
Parents
Newsom blocks proposed ban on youth tackle football: ‘Parents have the freedom to decide’
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)Proposed California legislation that would ban tackle football for kids under 12 had gained momentum until Gov. Gavin Newsom made it clear he'd veto the bill.
Parents
In first 2024 campaign swing, Abbott turns to school culture wars to boost support for vouchers
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)The governor is getting around a lack of voucher enthusiasm by focusing instead on public schools as a breeding ground for liberal ideas.
Parents