Mon Nov 22, 2021 – 7:49 am EST
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) A conservative Republican Senator from Missouri wants to ensure parents maintain control of their kids’ education and privacy.
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s “Parents’ Bill of Rights” has been introduced in the Senate as part of a pending education funding law. The legislation would protect the rights of parents to attend school board meetings, view curricula, and protect data. It would also increase government transparency by requiring schools to disclose what outside contractors and groups are coming into the schools.
The bill requires schools and other educational entities to allow parents to “fully review” and “make copies” of all “curricula, books, and other educational materials.”
It creates a right for parents to view syllabi and reading lists, too.
The legislation also ensures parents can “access information on the teachers, guest lecturers, and outside presenters who engage with students at the school.” Outside groups such as Planned Parenthood and Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) regularly teach sexual education to children. Both groups push birth control and abortion.
It could also help parents be informed when their kids start claiming they are transgender
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