Wed Sep 21, 2022 – 2:59 pm EDTWed Sep 21, 2022 – 4:16 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday by South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott would prohibit federally funded elementary and middle schools from changing the pronouns or names of students or allowing them to use bathrooms and locker rooms of students of the opposite sex without parental permission. Violations of the bill’s provisions at any federally funded elementary or middle school would result in the loss of federal funding.
“Parents across the country have grown rightfully concerned by school policies that push a radical agenda that’s kept secret from parents,” Scott told Fox News in a statement.
“It shouldn’t be controversial to say that parents should have the biggest voices in their kids’ education, yet powerful unions and bureaucrats continue to keep parents in the dark about curriculum and administrative policies. It’s unacceptable. My common sense bill sends a clear message that parental rights must be a top priority for student safety and success.”
Scott argues in the bill that parental rights are constitutionally protected rights under the Fourteenth Amendment. “Public schools across the country
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