On Oct. 12, the ruling Saskatchewan Party tabled Bill 137, dubbed the Parental Rights Bill, requiring schools to seek parental consent if a student under the age of 16 wants to change gender pronouns or identity. 

In addition, the bill would allow parents to sue the school that fails to address concerns about their parental rights.

Many of the protesters outside the conference at Chelsea Piers held signs objecting to the governor’s appearance during Pride month, citing his Parental Rights in Education bill, or the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” as critics have dubbed it.

Bill Dunlap, another parental rights advocate, criticized district officials for what he called a lack of transparency that led to the public records act request in the first place.

It was advocated by the Republican supermajority as crucial for safeguarding parental rights.

Critics argue the bill has gaping holes that put children—and parental rights—at risk.

"I wouldn't say that I have had that piece of feedback communicated to me," she told News24. "Just like the prime minister said, we're a sovereign nation. We have the right to defend Australian parents and kids and we'll do that."

The bill is sponsored by several groups, including Our Duty, a parental rights group at the center of the transgender debate.

“This bill does not take away parental rights. This bill does not allow an opportunity for a parent or guardian to be involved. It does, however, align itself with existing policy. ...

Michael Ramey, president of the Parental Rights Foundation, in 2022. (Courtesy of the Parental Rights Foundation) On July 19, Mr.

Jennifer Kennedy, a civil rights attorney based in Pasadena and spokeswoman for parental rights group Our Duty, which opposes the bill, told The Epoch Times earlier this month the bill would prevent judges from exercising discretion in considering the

DeSantis has doubted that his bill would conflict with Trump’s policies but maintained his right to implement the law amid threats of federal lawsuits and funding cuts.

Some, however, say they are concerned the bill may undermine parents’ right to know what their children are experiencing in school.

As part of its enforcement, the government will draft what it calls a Ministry of Education Parents' Bill of Rights, and ask parents during the consultation process what should be included in the bill of rights.

Opponents of a bill that would require all foster parents in California to “affirm” the chosen gender identities of children in their care have called the proposed legislation an attack on constitutionally protected religious freedom and parental rights

Her campaign literature says that parents are the first educators of their children—and that teachers should not keep gender transitions of children secret from parents. She quotes the Bible.

Media Framed Parental Rights Bill A teacher reads a book to her kindergarten class.

Further, parental awareness of children’s use of social media actually declined in respect of children aged 10-12, and in respect of girls.

Controversy Over Parental Rights Bill Disney became embroiled in controversy when it pushed back against the introduction of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill that bans discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through

Specifically, involving parents and guardians of pupils in the education process is fundamental to a healthy system of public education.” Our courts have repeatedly affirmed the rights that parents have over their children. In Prince v.

Bill 27, the Education Amendment Act, seeks to enshrine parents’ rights to be notified if their kids change their names/pronouns at school, and it gives parents the right to “opt in” to what sort of gender and sex education their kids are exposed to in

It would also exempt the laws from review under the Alberta Bill of Rights and the Alberta Human Rights Act.

The agreement ended nearly two years of litigation over Florida's parental rights act and Mr. DeSantis' takeover of Disney's special governing district. On the same day, Mr.

Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Riverside) also said he is confident that parents’ right to be involved in their children’s education is legally protected.

Mandy Drogin, campaign director for Next Generation Texas with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, said Texas is lagging behind other states on an important parental rights issue.

The bill’s text states that the government does not require “any evidence that the parent is unfit and worthy of having his/her parental rights terminated.”

The centre-left Labor government achieved passage of the Bill with support from the centre-right Liberal-National Coalition amid a blitz of Bills on the last sitting day of Parliament in 2024. The ban passed the lower house a day earlier.

Under Missouri House Bill 1950, lawmakers propose replacing court-appointed child advocates, who decide the best interests of a child, with a binding bill of rights for children. The first one is the "right to live in a safe, comfortable place."

"In Florida, we not only know that parents have a right to be involved, we insist that parents have a right to be involved,” DeSantis said when he signed the bill into law.

The leader of OneBC, the newest political party in British Columbia, says her party plans to propose legislation aimed at limiting child gender transitions and reinforcing parental rights, after an initial attempt at such a bill was defeated before first