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Illinois District Must Tell Parents Who Shares Their Child’s Room
Liberty Justice Center's October 14 demand says District 128’s rules let student consent block parents from learning who shares their child’s overnight room.
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Parents—not schools—direct children. Chatham’s policy let counselors decide whether parents were involved
The settlement ends a federal fight over a school policy that let counselors decide whether parents could be involved when a student sought to identify as a different gender.
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Lancaster County boards set the rules to keep girls’ teams for girls
Conestoga Valley has 180 days to turn its girls’ sports rule into guidelines, potentially before spring sports, while parents wait to learn how it will work.
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Iowa schools must tell parents. Josh Turek voted no.
A federal appeals court documented a Linn-Mar policy that let students sideline parents; Iowa later required schools to notify them, and Turek voted no.
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Parents should see Finland’s warning before consenting to child sex-change procedures
A new Finnish analysis found psychiatric-care use rose after young people’s last intervention, giving parents reason to demand the full evidence before consent.
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Age checks put parents back in charge online
Cato’s warning arrives as Pew finds strong support for age checks and parental consent, and lawmakers face a clear choice over who controls children’s accounts.
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Parents Can’t Police Every App. State AGs Must Make Platforms Answer
Missouri’s actions put Temu, TikTok and Microsoft on the hook for answers, with TikTok’s Nov. 13 deadline and Microsoft’s 30-day response window now running.
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Biden DOJ Let Activists Shape Its Agenda Against Parents’ Laws
Newly released records show activist groups met quarterly with Biden’s Civil Rights Division as it challenged state laws on transgender medicine, bathrooms and women’s sports.
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The WNBA should welcome XX-XY shirts and protect girls’ sports fans
After security returned Jennifer Sey’s group to its seats at the Finals opener, fans still cursed them for XX-XY shirts—putting the league’s response in focus.
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Missouri's Amendment 3 Is Tied at 43. Opponents Say the Kids' Ban Is Already Law. It Expires in 2027.
Missouri’s November vote would restore abortion limits and put restrictions on sex-change procedures for minors in the constitution as a new poll finds voters evenly split.