Parents' Rights Now!

KNOW the LAW, PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS, Part 3: New Parent ToolKit!

April 05, 2022 Suzanne Gallagher Season 2 Episode 119
Parents' Rights Now!
KNOW the LAW, PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS, Part 3: New Parent ToolKit!
Show Notes


“THE PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS AMENDMENT: A TOOLKIT FOR PARENTS”  America First Legal


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"WHAT DOES THE PPRA COVER?
The PPRA provides parents with a right to review curriculum used to teach their child at school. It also provides an even more extensive set of rights to review, and opt out, of certain surveys and studies that probe into the children’s lives and attitudes.

Curriculum
Parents have the right to inspect “any instructional material” used as part of the education curriculum for the student. The parent who wants to exercise this right must request the material; the school does not have to provide access to the material without being asked first. Parents should demand that schools disclose teacher training materials designed to affect or direct student instruction as “instructional material.”

Surveys
Without parental consent, schools cannot require a student to answer questions about:

  • Political beliefs or affiliations
  • Mental problems or challenges
  • Sexual behavior or attitudes
  • Illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior
  • Critical appraisals of people with close family relationships
  • Relationships with lawyers, physicians, and ministers
  • Religious beliefs or practices
  • Income level (unless it’s asked simply regarding eligibility to participate in a program)

If the school wants to distribute or administer a survey created by an outside entity (not the school), the parent has the right to review the survey first, along with any supplemental material (including teacher’s manuals) that come with the survey. The parent must request this; the school does not have to provide copies without being asked first. Critically, this applies to all gender and race-related materials.

Certain school districts have retained survey and data mining companies.  These companies sell race-focused student and teacher surveys, data management tools, and training on systemic racism and oppression, white supremacy, implicit bias, gender issues, and intersectionality, often under the rubric of “Social-Emotional Learning.” If parents are engaged and object, then none this sort of material should be forced on children. But if parents are disengaged and silent, the PPRA and other laws are ineffective." America First Legal, PARENT TOOLKIT


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