GOP-led House passes Parents Bill of Rights Act | USA TODAY

The Parents Bill of Rights Act passed the Republican-led House, as Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the legislation a "book ban."

The Parents Bill of Rights Act passed the Republican-led House Friday in the latest salvo of a political and cultural battle over public education. GOP lawmakers campaigned on the Parents Bill of Rights as part of their midterm Commitment to America and introduced the act at the beginning of the month. The legislation grew out of backlash to COVID-19 shutdowns, when parents had a closer look at school curriculum during virtual learning, they said.

"In our commitment to America, we said we were going to have a parents bill of rights," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said in a news conference after the vote. "This is exactly what we just passed on the floor today. We're keeping our commitment. It's just another check-off on all that we said we would do."

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[patriciaoreilly]

The state should never decide what is best for our children its the parents job, fight for parents right keep evil Ideology away from children at all cost .

[hansvandermeulen]

"They don't want you to know what books are being read. We'll let you know what books won't be read."

[justingammon]

Good. Your children belong to you, not their teachers.

[jpd]

The overall GOP legislative trend is all about minority rule. A rule against books that some may consider controversial sounds chilling. One or two parents can override 30 or 40 other parents. There are so many things wrong with that concept. But it flows with the whole idea of minority rule. I can just see it now when some parent objects to books about or the discussion of dinosaurs

[billstevens]

The millionaires made this raising the debt ceiling. So it is only a millionaires bill not the normal public. It a millionaires bill. Thay have to pay it.

[RorkesDriftVC]

I hope this attack on teachers doesn't have the same disastrous results as the No Child Left Behind Act did.

[John-bxmh]

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future. Adolf Hitler

[IHWKR]

Im in favor of parents having more say in what their children are taught in public schools. However the liklihood of this passing is slim at best. All this time, effort and money wasted on bills that wont pass. Lets focus on the things both parties can agree upon. Political stalemates hinder the progression of our country. Like here's an example, federally legalize marijuana.

[bestpicturesoftheyear]

God says: "Honor your father and mother so you can live long" God established parents right through its ten commandments. God created laws to show respect to fellow men and parents! Gov't don't have control or rule over parents' rights.