With the specter of state control looming, Boston Public Schools is being sharply criticized for failing to "carry out basic operational functions," among other problems with equity and educating at-risk students.

Parents claimed that officials at "failed institution" ignored bullying at the school, and separately, five families alleged that one student repeatedly sexually abused their children.

Irving ISD teacher Rachel Stonecipher, an advisor for her school’s gay-straight alliance, said she felt the stickers helped empower the often-bullied LGBTQ students she worked with.

Even stricter measures have surfaced, including a Louisiana bill that would prevent educators from discussing sexual orientation through eighth grade, and a Tennesse proposal to bar instructional materials that "normalize" LGTBQ lifestyles.