Republicans on the House Rules Committee have moved the Parents’ Bill of Rights Act one step closer to a floor vote in the House. The committee advanced the bill 9–3 along party lines. All three Democrats on the committee voted against it. H.R. 5, the fulfillment of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) long-promised “parental…

Commentary On March 1, House Republicans introduced the Parents Bill of Rights Act to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in public schools. The federal legislation, authored by Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.), comes as some states undertake similar efforts to protect parental rights and require curriculum transparency by public schools. Amending the…

A group of leading Republicans on Wednesday introduced a “parents’ bill of rights,” saying that Democrats have recently started to take power away from parents and hand over more control to politicians and teachers unions to “dictate what our children should be taught in classrooms.” “Parents matter. Their involvement is critical to a child’s academic…