Parental Rights

A new rule being proposed by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could force foster parents to accept gender ideology, which may go against one’s religious liberty. Read More.

Florida school board elections in 2022 saw a red wave of grassroots candidates winning on the issue of supporting school choice. Read More.

The Florida Senate on Wednesday passed a suite of bills aimed at “deregulation” of public schools, with one measure undergoing a significant change that nixed a provision related to the state’s third-grade literacy policy after it was heavily criticized by former Gov. Jeb Bush. Read More.

In a harshly-worded ruling last week, a Florida federal judge slammed the government-run Florida Virtual School (FLVS), calling it a “trademark bully,” rejecting a lawsuit FLVS pursued for years against one its private competitors, K12 Inc. Read More.

Gov. Lee presented the Education Freedom Scholarship Act of 2024, his administration’s legislative proposal to establish statewide universal school choice. Read More.

A proposed constitutional amendment requiring partisan elections for school board members on or after November 2026 is on this year's ballot. The measure would also apply to the primaries for the 2026 general election. Read More.

They’ve been banned from using their preferred pronouns in class Read More.

The Social Media Parental Notification Act goes into effect across Ohio Jan. 15. Read More.

Thousands of New York parents are staging a revolt against standardized tests. Read More.

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed legislation that would have prohibited transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care. His veto shoots down the controversial bill, which would also stop middle and high school trans students from participating in athletics with cisgender peers. He announced the decision in a press conference Friday morning, the last day […] Read More.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) approved a $600,000 grant for a study hypothesizing that puberty blockers used on children will lead to “lasting changes” in the brain, according to documents obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Read More.

A federally funded “home visiting” program advises service providers to watch for signs of abuse against “gender-diverse children,” citing parents who deny their young child the “right” to cross-dress as an example, a document shows. Read More.

Lawton Chiles High School Principal Joe Burgess launched a campaign to oust Leon County Superintendent of Schools Rocky Hanna, a Democrat. Read More.

“Banned” Books Week is long past, but efforts to push sexually explicit material on young children and misinformation about the availability of these books are not. As we round out our “banned” book series this year, let’s take a look at a few discouraging examples. Read More.

On Friday, a federal judge heard arguments over whether the parental rights law should be temporarily blocked. The initial lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Iowa, Lambda Legal and Jennifer and Block LLP claimed the law is unconstitutional. Read More.