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TexasTowelie

(116,501 posts)
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 03:47 AM Apr 2022

'Protecting' kids or 'assault' on teachers? Missouri House passes parents bill of rights

JEFFERSON CITY -- The Missouri House on Tuesday became the latest legislative body across the country to approve a “parents bill of rights.”

The bill, which passed 85-59, vows to promote transparency in the classroom by outlining a set of rights parents may employ over their child’s education, including reviewing curriculum and visiting schools during school hours. It would allow parents to sue school districts that violate the bill’s rules.

The bill now heads to the Senate, where its sponsor said it would likely undergo minor changes.

“We need to teach kids how to think, not what to think,” said bill sponsor Rep. Ben Baker, a Neosho Republican. “We need to encourage parent involvement and not discourage it. This is about protecting our kids in schools.”

Read more at: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article260563042.html

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'Protecting' kids or 'assault' on teachers? Missouri House passes parents bill of rights (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2022 OP
Its funny, during the pandemic blueinredohio Apr 2022 #1
They want schools just to be GOP indoctrination. And daycare. Irish_Dem Apr 2022 #2
gee in california parents can visit classrooms and examine curriculum. has been that way for msongs Apr 2022 #3

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
1. Its funny, during the pandemic
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 05:23 AM
Apr 2022

parents hated when their kids weren't in school. What are they going to do when there's no one to teach them?

msongs

(70,091 posts)
3. gee in california parents can visit classrooms and examine curriculum. has been that way for
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 12:54 PM
Apr 2022

decades. they had to sign in at the office first of course

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