Middletown Public Schools adopts policy that restricts the language of both students and parents; policy specifically mentions “sexual orientation” and “gender identity”
A concerned community member reached out to Parents Defending Education regarding a policy adopted by Middletown Public Schools that attempts to restrict the language of both students and parents “on…
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Placentia-Yorba Linda School Board votes to adopt parental notification policy
School board politicians throughout Orange County are increasingly looking at adopting policies that require school staff to alert parents if their children are transgender – or alert parents to mental…
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Virginia Beach School Board votes to adopt Virginia’s Transgender Student Policy following lawsuit by district parents
The VA Beach School Board finally voted last night to adopt the 2023 Model Policies even though they initially rejected them just two months ago. The lawsuit that was filed…
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MRCTV: Court Blocks School District Policy Forcing Pronoun ‘Respect’
A St. Louis federal appeals court halted Iowa’s Linn-Mar Community School District policy that would force students to comply with others’ transgender delusions.
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THE GAZETTE: Parents vs. Linn-Mar: This round goes to the parents
Call it a victory, because it is.
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THE OHIO STAR: Schools Cannot Ban ‘Merely Offensive’ Speech on Gender Identity, Appeals Court Rules
Fifty-six years after it exempted antiwar teenagers from First Amendment protections while on campus, a federal appeals court in America’s heartland affirmed students’ speech rights in public schools on an…
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THE NATIONAL DESK: Ramaswamy: Biden admin working against parental rights groups
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says parents’ rights groups should feel they have a target on their back from the Biden administration.
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Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 provided training on transgender issues that included “Gender Unicorn”; superintendent labeled student protests of transgender policy as “harassment”; English teacher said that parents should not be involved with gender identity of students
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to Waterloo Community Unit School District 5 seeking LGBTQ and transgender material from the district. One document PDE received was a presentation…
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CATHOLIC VOTE: 8th Circuit Rules in Favor of Parental Rights
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that students and parents in an Iowa school district are not required to follow a district policy that excluded parental authority…
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