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Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan takes early lead over David Covey in GOP runoff
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
via Dallas Morning News (Texas)Speaker Dade Phelan has been targeted by his party's right wing and finished the March primary in second place to challenger David Covey.
Parents
Measure to restrict the rights of trans youth fails to qualify for California ballot
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)A California initiative that would have banned gender-confirming care and required teachers to out students to their parents failed to qualify for the ballot.
Parents
Proposal to limit transgender youth rights fails to qualify for California’s November ballot
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)Supporters of the measure said that schools were infringing on "parental rights" by supporting students' gender identity.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Report urges state action to combat rising attacks against LGBTQ youth, families, and educators
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)'The attacks being seen on the ground by advocates and youth include book bans, LGBTQ flag removals in schools, graffiti, drag story hour protests, drag show bans, curriculum disputes, [and] harassment at school committee meetings," the report said.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Yarmouth School Committee candidates weigh in on restricting student access to controversial materials
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via Portland Press Herald (Maine)The four residents running for the Yarmouth School Committee weighed in at a recent candidate forum on perennial topics like the budget and how they approach compromise, but they also fielded a…
Parents
Slain Tri-Cities paraeducator spent years asking judges to protect her from ex-husband
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via The Columbian (Washington)KENNEWICK — Amber Rodriguez told judges and investigators she was scared of her ex-husband's potential for violence years before he killed her.
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What new laws will impact Alabama schools? Inside new discipline, $7,000 vouchers, graduation rules
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via al.com (Alabama)Alabama lawmakers set aside $100 million for families who don't want to send their children to traditional public schools.
Parent Involvement, School Safety
Arizona primary 2024: Here are the candidates running for the House of Representatives
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024
via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)Sixty seats in the Arizona House are up for grabs in 2024. Here's what you should know about the incumbents and challengers before the July 30 primary.
Racism, Parent Involvement
Yarmouth School Committee candidates weigh in on restricting student access to ‘controversial’ materials
Monday, May 27th, 2024
via Portland Press Herald (Maine)The four residents running for the Yarmouth School Committee weighed in at a recent candidate forum on perennial topics like the budget and how they approach compromise – but they also fielded a…
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Four seek GOP nomination to run for Wexton’s congressional seat
Saturday, May 25th, 2024
via Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)Candidates compete on money, election experience and contrasting political philosophies in a race for the nomination to seek an open congressional seat in Northern Virginia.
Parents
Ohio GOP lawmaker defends bill charging teachers with felonies for ‘pandering obscenity’ • Ohio Capital Journal
Friday, May 24th, 2024
via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)An Ohio Republican lawmaker is defending his controversial bill that would charge teachers and school district librarians with felonies for "pandering" so-called "obscene" material.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Lawsuit seeks to block Washington parental rights law that critics call a ‘forced outing’ measure
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
via The Associated Press (Washington)Youth services and civil rights groups are suing to block a new Washington state parental rights law that is set to take effect next month.
Parents
How much are Iowa House and Senate candidates raising, spending before the June 4 primary?
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)Republicans currently hold 64 seats in the Iowa House to Democrats' 36. And the GOP has a supermajority of 34-16 supermajority in the Iowa Senate.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
California bill aims to end school gender notification policies — and protect teachers
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)The legislation is the latest attempt by Democrats to crack down on policies that require educators to notify parents whose children use a different gender at school.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Election year politics roil the EV transition
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
via OC Register (California)The U.S. auto industry faces a triple threat on the road to cleaner cars and trucks.
Parents
Moms for Liberty to spend millions on campaign targeting Georgia voters
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
via FOX 5 Atlanta (Georgia)Conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty is planning a multi-million dollar ad campaign targeting Georgia and three other states ahead of November's presidential election.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Moms for Liberty to spend over $3M targeting swing state voters
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
via PennLive (Pennsylvania)The conservative group's campaign specifically will target voters in Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin, with plans to add Pennsylvania this fall.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Bridget Ziegler absent as public rallies against her at Sarasota School Board meeting
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)Ahead of the meeting, new details emerged regarding Ziegler and her husband Christian hunting for sexual partners at bars taking pictures of women.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Moms for Liberty to spend over $3 million targeting presidential swing state voters
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
via The Associated Press (Pennsylvania)The conservative parental rights group Moms for Liberty plans to spend more than $3 million on a multi-state advertising blitz to increase its membership and engage voters before November.
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