WA lawmakers hear debate on parental rights initiative
Washington lawmakers on Wednesday heard mixed testimony on a Republican-backed initiative to bolster the voices of parents in the state’s K-12 public schools.
Initiative 2081, known as a “parents’ bill of rights,” would require a range of school materials, such as textbooks, curriculum and a child’s medical records, to be easily available for review by parents. It would also give notice to parents and allow them to opt their child out of assignments and other activities involving questions about a child’s sexual experiences or their family’s religious beliefs.
The initiative comes as the socially conservative “parental rights” movement, which aims to restrict schools’ abilities to teach about gender, sexuality and race without parental consent, has gained influence across the United States.
A total of 158 people signed in to testify and 6,477 signed in either for or against the initiative. Most who signed in, either as testifiers or not, were for the initiative.
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