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Yes, HR 2616, the PROTECT Kids Act, has the usual suspects in full meltdown mode.
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Here's Tim Walberg, who sponsored the bill:
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Instead of focusing on basics like math and reading, many teachers in schools were introducing controversial lessons on gender ideology and pronouns — all while student achievement plummeted and continues to this day ... schools are facilitating gender transitions or encouraging students to change their names and pronouns without telling parents.
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This bill takes monumental strides to restore parental rights and educational sanity. H.R. 2616 affirms the right of parents to be in charge of their children's upbringing and ensures schools remain partners in a child's education instead of usurping the role and rights of parents altogether.
The bill also establishes clear guardrails to ensure taxpayer dollars are used to support learning, not indoctrinate kids in radical ideology and agendas.
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How will schools ever function if they can't affirm a 7-year-old's sudden desire to be called "Lunar Thunderbottom" without running it by the people who, you know, birthed and raised the child?
The National Education Association basically said this forces educators to "betray their students" by not keeping secrets from parents. Because apparently, the highest form of professional ethics is hiding important stuff about a kid's mental and social state from their families.
Other critics claim that it's a "national Don't Say Gay" bill that will lead to "forced outing" and harm vulnerable kids. Translation: Acknowledging that parents exist and have primary responsibility for their children is now considered bigotry.
This is a really big deal to them.
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In reality, this bill will bring education back to, well...
REALITY!
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