Parental Rights

Articles

• “Parents’-rights” campaigns are political theater | The Colorado Sun
  • “In 1996, Colorado nearly became the first state to pass the Parental Rights Amendment, which would codify the rights of parents ”to direct and control the upbringing, education, values, and discipline of their children.” Colorado was just one of 28 states with similar bills.“
• Christian group defending LGBTQ+ conversion therapy at SCOTUS accused of using ‘false evidence’ | The Advocate
• Supreme Court turns away parental rights case brought by Colorado families | MSN
• Supreme Court rejects hearing several cases, including on children’s gender identity | SCOTUS Blog

Legislation

• US House passes sweeping ‘gender ideology’ bill aimed at trans kids in schools
  • The measure — which succeeded 217-198 — would also bar federal funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 that provides federal aid to schools from being used “to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology.” 
    

Resources

• Colorado Amendment 17, Parental Right to Direct Upbringing, Education, and Discipline of Children Initiative (1996)
• EXPLAINER: The history behind ‘parents’ rights’ in schools | AP
• How Districts Can Navigate Tricky Questions Raised by Parents’ Rights Laws | Ed Week
• The Blueprint State: Lessons from Parents Left Behind by “Parental Rights” Policies in Florida | PEN America
• The Conflict Over Parents’ Rights, National Education Policy Center, School of Education, University of Colorado Boulder
• The Hidden Agenda of the “Parental Rights” in Education Movement | The Humanist