'A Parents Bill of Rights with these kinds of reasonable transparency measures absolutely should become law. But it should happen at the state and local level, not through federal overreach,' Brad_Polumbo writes.
House Republicans just passed a “Parents Bill of Rights” with nearly all members of their caucus on board. While this legislation is dead on arrival in a Democratic-controlled Senate, it stakes out a savvy political position through which the GOP can tout itself as the party of parents. But there’s one huge flaw with the legislation on its policy merits.
These requirements are essentially all just transparency measures meant to keep parents in the loop on what’s going on with their children’s education.1. Right to know what’s being taught in schools and see reading materials.4. Right to protect your child’s privacy.— Kevin McCarthy March 24, 2023 “You have a Parents Bill of Rights. … This says the parents can now know what’s being taught in the school,” Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy said of the bill, which he championed.
Namely, while its actual provisions are commonsensical and reasonable, Republicans have long maintained that there is no constitutional authority for the federal government to regulate education at all; it is a state and local issue. Indeed, many of the Republican lawmakers who voted for this legislation have elsewhere voted to abolish the entire Department of Education!“The measure has a fatal flaw,” Rep. Ken Buck wrote in an op-ed.
Rep. Matt Gaetz , who also voted against the legislation, made a similar argument. He tweeted, “From Wokeness to funding to bathrooms to Critical Race Theory, the federal government SHOULD NOT be involved in education. I don't want to strengthen the federal Department of Education. I want to abolish it. I don't want Congress more involved in decisions that are best made in local school districts. I want the Congress less involved.
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