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Idaho law gives parents five days—not 45—to see school records

The Idaho Supreme Court is weighing whether schools can turn FERPA’s 45-day maximum into a wait that overrides Idaho’s five-school-day promise to parents.

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Men don’t belong in women’s basketball. The WNBA should write it down.

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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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The Supreme Court must protect a father’s court-ordered say over his child’s care

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OneBC proposes putting parents and sex-based rights first in B.C.

OneBC’s Oct. 20 proposal would remove gender identity from B.C. law, schools, sports and medical practice for minors, putting parental authority and women’s and girls’ rights at stake.

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Omar’s husband’s winery sold investors empty barrels, Comer says

California records show eStCru was terminated April 4, while House Oversight sought records on the finances of Mynett’s winery and venture-capital firm.

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Prisha Mosley: Glamorizing castration cannot change the operation

In an Oct. 19 X post, Mosley says only a man can be castrated and that glamorizing it does not change what the operation is.

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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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