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What is Project 2025? 5 ways its ideas are similar to Florida laws

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)

Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page roadmap for a Republican president to remake the entire federal government, takes some tips from Florida.

Parents

Thousands of schools in 45 states exempt from Title IX rule under Moms for Liberty escape clause

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via The Washington Times (District of Columbia)

More than 2,000 schools in 45 states will be exempt from the Biden administration's final rule adding 'gender identity' to Title IX, based on a judge's order blocking the regulations from taking effect at any school with a Moms for Liberty parent.

Parents

New APLS policies to impact libraries throughout Alabama

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via WAFF 48 News (Alabama)

Libraries across the state of Alabama will need to change their current policies to keep children under 18 from accessing adult material in the library without a parent or guardian's permission.

Parents

Moms for Liberty, parents’ rights groups working to block new Title IX rule from their kids’ schools

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)

The fate of federal regulations that would significantly expand the rights of LGBTQ+ students under Title IX is in legal limbo after court rulings placed the U.S. Department of Education's Aug. 1 …

Parents

GOP candidates square off for downriver state House seat

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via The Detroit News (Michigan)

Three candidates for the 27th District seat are vying to take on a Democratic incumbent in November.

Parents

Who elected Elon Musk our arbiter of social norms?

Sunday, July 28th, 2024

via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)

Elon Musk's drift — more precisely, his headlong dive — into right-wing orthodoxies has been well-chronicled. He has openly endorsed antisemitic tropes, called for the prosecution of the respected immunologist Anthony Fauci (evidently buying into ...

Parents

GOP candidate who lost HD35 race in…

Saturday, July 27th, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

Erika Booth must first get past primary opponent Laura Gomez McAdams before facing Tom Keen again in what is expected to be a high-stakes, high-spending contest.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Sarasota School Board candidates field questions at public forum in Venice

Saturday, July 27th, 2024

via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)

All five candidates for two Sarasota School Board seats up for grabs on Aug. 20's primary election participated in a public forum in Venice on Friday.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Public decries, defends possible Keller ISD policy requiring approval for names, pronouns

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via Dallas Morning News (Texas)

Keller ISD did not vote on the policy that covers whether students can ask to go by different pronouns.

Parents

Seeking an appropriate education, Vermont families battle lawyers, the Legislature and a lack of staff

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via Valley News (Vermont)

If anyone could navigate Vermont's special education system, it was Chris and Pallas Ziporyn — or so they believed.Chris, once a teacher, received a master's degree with a focus on special education.…

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Chino Valley Unified Sues California over Erosion of Parental Rights

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via California Globe (California)

Chino Valley Unified School District has filed a lawsuit against the state of California for the enactment of Assembly Bill 1955. This is the controversial new law recently signed by Governor Gavin…

Parents

Parents say Keller ISD’s proposal to ban pronouns discriminates against LGBTQ students

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas)

A parent said the proposed policy creates a 'hostile environment' for students at school.

School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Our View: Library law, local policies to curb book banning arrive on time

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via Durango Herald (Colorado)

It's nice to know that Durango Public Library just put more muscle into its policies, aligning with Colorado's recently passed SB24-216, the Standards for Decisions Regarding Library Resources, to…

School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Michigan State House

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)

With 110 seats up for grabs, the primaries will help determine if Republicans are in a position to topple the Democrats' slim 56-54 Michigan House majority.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Daughter of late Supreme Court Justice Scalia appointed to Virginia Board of Education

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Virginia)

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has appointed the daughter of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to serve on the Virginia Board of Education.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Days before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ+ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Kansas)

New federal court rulings are narrowing the Biden administration's enforcement of a rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination and allowing critics to limit it even further school by school.

Parents

Washoe County library cancels Drag Story Hour

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

via KUNR Public Radio (Nevada)

The decision is a result of 'escalating tensions' surrounding the popular children's events.

Parents

GLAAD, Fair Wisconsin: The LGBTQ records of Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidates Tammy Baldwin and Eric Hovde

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)

GLAAD: Media covering this Senate election must include accurate information and context to explain the candidates' records and proposals on the critical issues impacting LGBTQ people in Wisconsin and…

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

More Than $400,000 Raised So Far In Chicago’s 2024 School Board Elections

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

via Block Club Chicago (Illinois)

The money is a mix of donations from friends and family, sizable personal loans and support from existing political and labor groups, according to a Chalkbeat analysis.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement