A Georgia bill aimed at stopping teachers from talking to students about gender identity died an unexpected death Wednesday after conservative groups joined LGBTQ advocates in opposing the measure.
A Parents Bill of Rights just introduced by House Republicans seeks to codify many freedoms that families already enjoy when it comes to their schools but could also whittle away at superintendents' decision-making power.
House Bill 187, titled “Equality in Education,” was filed on Thursday and says public schools can’t “promote” concepts such as the idea that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex” or that “an individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive.”
Some 14 school board members from across the state are now in the sights of the Florida governor and the far-right group Moms for Liberty, who intended to replace these officials with "Freedom First" candidates for reasons ranging from supporting mask mandates to being "lifelong Democrats."
The growing popularity of education savings accounts is raising the specter for K12 leaders that the school choice movement could siphon more funds away from the public education system.
A group of parents and teens in the Scottsdale Unified School District is planning a rally Tuesday evening to defend their superintendent who has come under criticism for comments he made about race and equity in 2019.
Rep. Bill Rhiley, a Wellington Republican on the committee, said he introduced the bill because he understood many school districts are only meeting the bare minimum of required hours. Per his calculations using data from districts around the state, Kansas public schools are only in session for an average of 407 hours, or nearly 7 hours, per day, not counting a 30-minute lunch period.
