Georgia Senate Passes Bill Protecting Parent Protestors

The Georgia State Senate Wednesday passed a bill that would protect parents’ right to protest their local school boards. SB 588 “provide[s] that all meetings of local boards of education shall be open to the public except as otherwise provided by law …” and “provide[s] that members of the public shall not be removed from such … Continued

Fourteen attorneys general sue Biden administration over demand to investigate protesting parents

“We just want the facts,” Indiana AG Rokita says. “Rather than cooperate, the Biden administration has sought to conceal and downplay its culpability. What are they hiding?” Fourteen Republican attorneys general, led by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, have sued the Biden administration for not responding to a Freedom of Information request related to the … Continued

Virginia Prohibition on School Mask Mandates to Be Determined by Courts

A new Virginia law prohibits school divisions from enforcing face mask mandates, but at least one school district and some parents are suing the commonwealth to overturn the legislation. Senate Bill 739, which Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed into law in February, allows parents to opt their children out of any school-imposed mask rules. Under the … Continued

Texas Lt. Governor Proposes Eliminating Tenure to Rid CRT from Public Universities

The Texas Lieutenant Governor has stated his priority to eliminate tenure in an attempt to stop Critical Race Theory (CRT) from “poisoning the minds of the next generation.” During a Feb. 18 press conference, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick argued that academia has been infiltrated by “tenured, leftist professors” and called for additional oversight methods to crack down on … Continued

Fight for Schools Sues for Sexual Assault Report

The group Fight for Schools is turning to the courts to obtain a copy of the report the school division commissioned to investigate its handling of a sexual assault scandal. Executive Director Ian Prior announced today that he is filing a Mandamus and Injunction in Loudoun County Circuit Court, asking the court to demand the … Continued

Texas School District’s ‘Racial Equity Committee’ Blocks Parents from Attending Its Meetings Amid Public Backlash

A school district’s “Racial Equity Committee” has prevented members of the public from attending its previously public meetings for the first time since the governing body was created in 2016, according to reports. A disabled Fort Worth, Texas, resident who tried to attend a Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) “Racial Equity Committee” (REC) meeting … Continued

Head Start Teachers in Ohio, Virginia, and Louisiana Suing over Biden Administration’s COVID Vaccination Mandate

Head Start teachers in Louisiana, Ohio and Virginia are suing the Biden administration over a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the federally funded program. Elizabeth Etherton, a preschool teacher at Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court over a threatened termination Monday for failing to take a COVID-19 … Continued

Federal Judge Rules Fairfax County School Officials Discriminated Against Students by Lowering Admissions Requirements

A federal judge Friday ruled that Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) officials discriminated against Asian students by lowering the bar for admission to Thomas Jefferson High School (TJHS) in a push for “diversity.” “This is a monumental win for parents and students here in Fairfax County, but also for equal treatment in education across the … Continued

Rep. Mary Miller calls for bringing God back into public schools

Republican Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois says it’s time for public schools to bring God back into the classroom, insisting that the absence of faith from American education is responsible for the infiltration of sexually explicit material into public schools. Miller participated in a panel discussion at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference Friday called “Town Hall: … Continued

Florida House Passes ‘Parental Rights in Education’ Bill

Florida’s House of Representatives on Feb. 24 passed a bill related to parental rights in education, which, among various measures, would ban discussions in classrooms about “sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels or in a specified manner.” The Republican-backed measure, HB 1557 (pdf), passed the House with a 69–47 vote, with mostly Republican support. It now … Continued

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