On Jan. 8, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed the “Parents’ Bill of Rights” into law. This law requires that public school districts craft policies to encourage parental involvement in children’s education.

DeWine said to reporters: “If you are a parent, then you want information about what is going on in the life of your child.” He added: “Parents are the best educators.” “They’re not only the best teachers, but they’re also the first.”

The bill makes Ohio schools mandatory reporters to parents, not government officials. House Bill 8 requires Ohio schools to provide parents with the opportunity to review any instructional materials that contain sexual content, notify parents if their child’s emotional, mental or physical health changes, obtain parental authorization before providing health care for a child, and inform parents about health services provided at school.

The bill also specifies , that a student’s mental health includes “any request from the student to identify themselves as a gender other than their biological sex.”

Second, Ohio’s law mandates that schools write policies allowing religious instruction offsite during school hours. Westerville City Schools Board of Education, for example, recently terminated their policy that allowed institutions like LifeWise Academy offer religious instruction. H.B. 8 could face legal challenges if it is able to navigate them. H.B. 8 would require that all Ohio school districts allow religious instruction to be taught during school hours.

What Parents Should Know about Their Children

H.B. The debate over H.B.

Florida’s 2022 H.B. Florida’s 2022 H.B. 1557, which bans sexual instruction for kids younger than fourth grade, states that “procedures adopted by the district board must reinforce the fundamental rights of parents to make decision regarding their upbringing and control over their children.”

State legislatures are considering similar parental rights legislation. 18 state currently have laws that protect and define parental rights. In 32 states, parental rights are treated as ” basic“, and therefore protected the same as the First Amendment. The judge will interpret the law in a variety of ways.

LGBT activists are the main opponents of these bills. In her testimony, Savannah Carlstrom Page , director of behavioral health and clinical services, Kaleidoscope Youth Center , stated : “Despite the bill’s emphasis on parental rights, or perhaps more accurately, parental control… youth are people.”

Madison Hernandez, a worker at the Kaleidoscope Youth Center, , after stating that a child had the right to reject the morals and value of their parents, pointed out that Ohio, and the National Association of Social Workers, (NASW), “already have the best practices structures… for protecting the confidentiality [of young people] and engaging families when it’s in the best interests of the young person. This means… there are already written rules about how parents receive this information

What’s the real problem? Who decides what’s in the best interest of minors. H.B. According to supporters of H.B. According to advocates of H.B.

Hernandez argued that the government has a responsibility to protect children against abuse and harm. Her self-reported social work was largely aimed at bribing parents to conform to government policies on raising children. The society has an interest in raising well-adjusted, well-educated kids. But it is much more difficult to argue that bureaucrats or social workers in the education department are better qualified to make these decisions.

Aaron Baer, the president of the Center for Christian Virtue (CCV), which was instrumental in raising awareness about the H.B. stated that parents, and not government bureaucrats should make healthcare and education choices for their children. … [And] H.B. “8 puts parents in control.”