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House Republicans next week will pass legislation that gives parents the right to know what their kids are learning at school and the right to discuss education standards at school board meetings.
The Parents Bill of Rights Act is a response to growing anger across the country about access to information on everything from school curricula to safety and mask policies to the prevalence of gender ideology and critical race theory in the classroom.
In 2021, after a series of school board meetings in which angry parents were seen protesting various school policies, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that suggested angry threats against school officials might be seen as "a form of domestic terrorism." That prompted Garland to release a memo in late 2021 that said the FBI would meet with law enforcement leaders to address the "disturbing trend" of violent threats against school officials.
The memo drew complaints across the country from Republicans who said Garland was looking to silence parents who have legitimate complaints about how their schools are run, and evidence surfaced later that President Biden’s secretary of education pushed the NSBA to write its letter to Garland. The Parents Bill of Rights Act is the first chance congressional Republicans have had to take on this issue.
"For too long, parents were kept in the dark about what was happening in the classroom," House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said last week after her committee approved the bill. .....
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-sets-vote-parents-bill-rights-stop-public-school-insanity
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OH Oh! Liberals aren't going to like parents having rights about how their kids are educated. I wonder if the Senate will pass it. What does JPP think.
The Parents Bill of Rights Act is a response to growing anger across the country about access to information on everything from school curricula to safety and mask policies to the prevalence of gender ideology and critical race theory in the classroom.
In 2021, after a series of school board meetings in which angry parents were seen protesting various school policies, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that suggested angry threats against school officials might be seen as "a form of domestic terrorism." That prompted Garland to release a memo in late 2021 that said the FBI would meet with law enforcement leaders to address the "disturbing trend" of violent threats against school officials.
The memo drew complaints across the country from Republicans who said Garland was looking to silence parents who have legitimate complaints about how their schools are run, and evidence surfaced later that President Biden’s secretary of education pushed the NSBA to write its letter to Garland. The Parents Bill of Rights Act is the first chance congressional Republicans have had to take on this issue.
"For too long, parents were kept in the dark about what was happening in the classroom," House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., said last week after her committee approved the bill. .....
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-sets-vote-parents-bill-rights-stop-public-school-insanity
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OH Oh! Liberals aren't going to like parents having rights about how their kids are educated. I wonder if the Senate will pass it. What does JPP think.
