Parents in Kansas could be able to remove their children from lessons on LGBT topics after lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday.
If enacted, House Bill 2236 will allow parents to choose an alternate activity for their K–12 children if they decide lessons don’t align with their “sincerely held beliefs, values, or principles.”
The majority GOP state House passed the bill in a 76–46 vote. It passed the state Senate last week and will now go to the desk of Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat.
Parental rights have been strengthened in a number of states through legislation aimed at pervasive left-wing ideologies being taught in classrooms across the country. Such lessons, which often focus on LGBT topics and critical race theory (CRT), have been deemed “indoctrination” mostly by conservative lawmakers and advocates….