You're kidding - right? If not, ask some of the parents who have kids in the Loudoun County, VA school system or the parents in the Sprekles Union school district in CA whose kids are being coached for their transgender transition without the parents' knowledge. Revisionist history, CRT, woke ideology that normalizes gender dysphoria and allows boys in girls' bathrooms and locker rooms, and to play girl's sports. Somebody could write a book on all the reasons this bill is necessary.
I am not familiar with the cases you cite. Reading only that about them, I agree that kids being coached for trangender transition without parent's knowledge would be cause for deep concern.
Regarding "woke ideology," that is a non-specific term that is meaningless. It seems to have become a code word for something but in interviews I've seen where Republicans are asked to explain the term, they are hard-pressed to explain anything, let alone the same thing. I'm happy to discuss an issue, but before I do, I want to make sure we're talking about the same issue.
You say, "Somebody could write a book on all the reasons this bill is necessary." A book or even an article that clearly and reasonably makes that case would indeed be helpful. Emphasis clearly and reasonably. I don't want a bunch of second-hand, unverified stories designed to provoke social media responses.
No, but it varies according to state and even in counties within the states. Our county in TN requires a log-in and password, but only for parents. There's also the variance between what they say is being taught and what is actually being taught.
That variance will happen no matter how widely published the official curriculum is. In our gym, we accept an insurance program that sends numerous school teaches to us. The insurance company pays for their gym membership. I am personally acquainted with several teachers who have quit their jobs and found employment out of education because the rules are getting stricter and stricter about what can be taught and when.
These are not people wanting to coach kids on transgender transitions. These are teachers who know how to help students learn in the ways they need to be helped, but are prevented from doing so because of strict curriculum schedules. Inspectors actually enter the classroom unannounced. And if the teacher is not teaching the lesson plan that is scheduled at that time, the teacher is in trouble.
As they quit, the burden increases on those who remain, and some of those quit too because it has simply become too much. There is, right now, a dire shortage of school teachers in Florida, partly because of the assumption that passing laws in Tallahassee will somehow make things better at the local school level.
Serious school violence sometimes makes the news, but there are numerous examples of sexual assaults, gang violence and problem students being covered up. The Loudoun County girl that was assaulted without consequence is a good example, and the very recent Denver school shooting by a dangerous kid who was being searched daily for weapons is another. This "safety program" was being conducted without knowledge of parents by amateur school staff, and two of them got shot. Apparently no one was told about this program to protect the students' privacy. Immediately after this disaster the Denver school superintendent reinstated school resource officers who had been banned in 2020.
That's an example of local school authorities correcting a problem, is it not? Why does the federal government need to get involved in a case like this at all?
This isn't an undue burden, it's a requirement. Most all decent school libraries and public libraries must have detailed inventories of their books. How else would one find a particular book, subject or author? The search function is very simple at my grand-daughter's school.
OK. You make a good point. You're right. Library books are already cataloged. It would be a simple matter to publish that catalog on the school district's website, and to update it live when changes are made. I see no harm in publicizing such a list, and even some good.
That's already been debunked as nonsense.
You are correct. I was mistaken about 1984. But that said, book-banning sentiment indeed persists.
Example:
That's what school board meetings are for.
Exactly! Which is why I'd like to leave the issues of library content, curriculum and other such things to the local level to be decided. That's where parents have the greatest influence. That's where parents can meet to work this stuff out.
