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ATLANTA (LifeSiteNews) – Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian P. Kemp is set to sign a bill protecting the rights of parents in the state to have a say in their child’s education, including the freedom to opt their child out of sex education classes.
The Georgia Senate passed bill HB 1178, also known as the Parent’s Bill of Rights, with 31 votes to 22 on April 1, sending the legislation to the governor’s desk to be signed into law.
The state House passed the bill last month by 98 votes to 68.
The Parent’s Bill of Rights affirms that it is “a fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their minor children,” including the “right to direct the upbringing and the moral or religious training of his or her minor child” and the ability “to review all instructional materials intended for use in the classroom of his or her minor child.”
The legislation further requires schools to establish procedures “for a parent to review records relating to his or her minor child” as well as “to learn about
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