Ga. Senate advances bill that aims to let parents second-guess school lessons

[TexasTowelie]

A bill supported by Gov. Brian Kemp to give parents more say on what happens in their children’s classrooms passed the state Senate Tuesday on a party line vote.

The bill, which supporters call the Parents’ Bill of Rights, is part of a nationwide conservative push against what some parents see as “woke” lessons. It allows parents to review classroom materials at the beginning of each nine-week grading period, to access all documents related to their child, to opt their kids out of sex education and to decline to have their child photographed or recorded except for security purposes.

“The governor and I believe parents and school systems need to work together to step in,” said Sen. Clint Dixon, the Buford Republican who sponsored the bill. “It’s time to reaffirm the rights of parents to direct the education and upbringing of their own children, and have the support of local school districts in doing so.”

Democrats like Atlanta Sen. Elena Parent called the bill a solution in search of a problem.

“It is such a shame that we are willing to get so deep into manufactured crises and partisan politics in going after teachers,” she said.

Read more: https://georgiarecorder.com/2022/02/22/ga-senate-advances-bill-that-aims-to-let-parents-second-guess-school-lessons/

[Hoyt]

1. I'd bet most rube parents that would opt out, already have their

kids in some Baptist church basement school.

Georgia legislators have backed off a few harmful proposals this session. But white wingers have whipped parents into a frenzy on this school “input” BS.

Thanks, haven’t read that article.