Texas Gov Abbott Just Took A HUGE Stand For Parental Rights…

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has clearly raised his support for parents as he proposed the “Parental Bill of Rights” that would give parents more rights to decide for their children and not the schools.

In the latest push from Texas Republican leadership to crack down on how race and sexuality are taught in the state’s public schools, Gov. Greg Abbott has released what he’s calling a Parental Bill of Rights.

The Dallas Morning News reported:

“Abbott wants to amend the Texas Constitution to reinforce parents are the ‘main decision makers in all matters’ involving their children and expand families’ access to course curriculum so all lesson materials are available online.” Emily Donaldson has been covering this story for the Dallas Morning News – where she’s a reporter for their Education Lab. Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below.

According to Abbot, the parents should be the main decision-makers in all matters” involving their children, which mirrors a national push from conservatives fueled by contentious battles over how race and sexuality are addressed in public schools.

The bill says that it will “amend the Texas Constitution to make clear that parents are the primary decision-makers in all matters involving their children.”

The new bill was announced during Abbot’s re-election campaign stop at a charter school in Lewisville last week.

According to ABC reports “Abbott said the plan would expand parents’ access to the school curriculum, make materials easily accessible online or other means, and reassure parents their concerns about school curriculum and policies are heard.”

The Parental Bill of Rights would also give protection to students from receiving obscene material from the school and whoever violates this policy will be barred from teaching in the state.

Abbott said, “Texas will ensure that any educational personnel who was convicted of providing minors with obscene content will lose their educational credentials and state licensing, forfeit their retirement benefits, and be placed on a ‘do not hire list.”

Additionally, parents will have a say in whether or not their children are held back.

“Texas will give parents the option to decide if their child should repeat a course or grade level instead of leaving that decision solely to the school district,” Abbott said.

“Texas parents have every right to know what their children are being taught,” Abbott said.

The bill has, naturally, outraged the left.

Shannon Holmes, executive director of The Association of Texas Professional Educators issued a statement saying “The so-called ‘Parental Bill of Rights’ wouldn’t give Texas parents any new rights. Every ‘issue’ is already addressed in existing state law and local policies. Instead, Gov. Abbott’s pledge to ‘bolster’ parental rights would only serve to place additional governmental mandates on school districts and teachers already stretched to their limits due to staffing shortages.”

Sources: The Gateway Pundit, ABC13, Yahoo News, Texas Standard