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Monday BPS Board Meeting Strife with angry voters, threat to trustees
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
via Billings Gazette (Montana)The agenda for the April Billings Public Schools board meeting was overshadowed Monday night by a throng of angry residents stating they would not vote for the school safety levies
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
DeSantis tweaks Florida book challenge law, blames liberal activist who wanted Bible out of schools
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
via The Associated Press (Florida)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has acknowledged that a law he enacted two years ago making it easier for people to challenge books in schools and libraries has caused problems for school districts.
Parents
Battles over California schools’ transgender policies are raging in court. How’d we get here?
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)It's just the latest iteration of a longtime rift over the role of public education and how much influence parents should have over that system.
School Board – General, Racism, Parent Involvement
Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
via The New York Times (Utah)More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Ruling terminating parental rights upheld in Waterloo child Drano case
Monday, April 15th, 2024
via Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa)'The grandmother implied the mother was responsible for the injuries because her story didn't make sense.'
Parents
Transgender rights vs. parent rights. California goes to court to settle school divide
Monday, April 15th, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)California courts will uphold, overturn or set ground rules for culture war battles in school districts over parent notification, book restrictions and even public records.
Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement, Sex Education
Lapointe: Rashida Tlaib now has a Fox stalker
Monday, April 15th, 2024
via Detroit Metro Times (Michigan)Plus: Crumbley precedent, Michigan's abortion leadership, and measles resurgence
Parents
Education notebook: Owasso’s Teacher of the Year, TPS enrollment and STEM programming
Sunday, April 14th, 2024
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)Owasso Public Schools announced Thursday that Spanish teacher Amanda Kennett is its 2024 Teacher of the Year. #oklaed
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Next big event at Southern Hills: the Aug. 5-11 U.S. Women’s Amateur
Sunday, April 14th, 2024
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)TU's Jenni Roller, who two years ago shot 66 at Southern Hills, will attempt to qualify for the U.S. Women's Amateur.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Share stories of your Mom going above and beyond for Mother’s Day
Sunday, April 14th, 2024
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)Send us your stories, 250 words or shorter, by May 1 to scene@tulsaworld.com
Parents
Moms for Liberty co-founder tells American parents they have something in common with Trump
Sunday, April 14th, 2024
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice alleged the FBI is silencing parents' rights advocates marking a shift in focus away from ballot races.
Parents
Kansas governor vetoes a ban on gender-affirming care; GOP vows override
Saturday, April 13th, 2024
via The Washington Post (Washington)The bill would ban hormone therapy, puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgery for people under 18. A potential override vote has a slim margin for victory.
Parents
As book challenges skyrocket, these are the books Hoosiers tried to ban last year
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)Hundreds of attempts were made last year to remove upwards of 4,240 books from U.S. libraries — the highest levels ever documented by the ALA.
Parent Involvement, Sex Education
Representative Peter and Beth Varney Switch to Team Prescott
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
via Manchester Ink Link (New Hampshire)Russell Prescott, candidate for Congress in the First District of New Hampshire, announced that major Lakes Region Republicans, State Representative Peter Varney and Beth Varney of Alton, are…
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Lawsuit challenges state law on sex education in schools
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
via Montana Public Radio (Montana)Montana school counselors, teachers and students are suing the state over a law that changed sex education policies. The plaintiffs say the law has a 'chilling' effect on discussion of human sexuality…
Parent Involvement, Sex Education
Three-year-old sex education law draws a legal challenge
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
via Daily Inter Lake (Montana)The constitutionality of a 2021 state law governing parental notification of sex-related discussions in public schools is now being challenged by a coalition of Montana students, teachers and…
Parent Involvement, Sex Education
Louisiana lawmakers quietly advance two controversial bills as severe weather hits the state
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via The Associated Press (Louisiana)While state offices and schools were closed across Louisiana because of severe storms, a GOP-controlled legislative committee gathered in the Capitol to debate controversial bills that opponents say target the LGBTQ+ community.
Parents
Louisiana committee quietly approves anti-LGBTQ+ bills
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via The Shreveport Times (Louisiana)As severe weather shut down nearly every government entity in Louisiana Wednesday, a legislative committee quietly advanced two pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Florida pronoun law violates teacher’s First Amendment rights, judge says
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)In a preliminary ruling, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker blocks the state from enforcing the law against a Hillsborough transgender teacher.
Parents