URGENT: California Bill Threatens Families

The Parental Rights Foundation joins our colleagues at Family Protection Ministries, Christian Home Educators Association of California (CHEA), Home School Legal Defense Association, and Alliance Defending Freedom in urging California senators to vote “No” on Assembly Bill 495, the “Family Preparedness Plan Act. Please read the following alert and contact your state senators immediately. Parental Rights…

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Virginia School Violated Parents’ Trust?

Once again, my Northern Virginia neighbors are in the national news for taking inappropriate liberties with somebody else’s kids. It wasn’t that long ago that Loudoun County Schools were under fire for covering up cases of sexual assault by a student against multiple female students, then having an angry father of one of those girls…

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Foundation Releases New Public School Opt-Out Report

Today the Parental Rights Foundation is proud to release our latest report, Opting Out: A Summary of Parental Rights Laws Relating to Opting Children Out of Certain School Classes and Activities. This report brings you a state-by-state summary of the laws governing when and how a child can be opted out of a public-school program…

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The Supreme Court on Public School Opt-out Provisions

On Friday, June 27, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case out of Montgomery County, Maryland, over whether parents have a right to opt their children out of public education materials that promote beliefs in contradiction with those the parents wish to teach their children. The Court decided 6-3…

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BREAKING: SCOTUS Decision on Parental Rights

Today, in a significant victory for families, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of parental rights in Mahmoud v. Taylor. In a 6–3 decision, the Court upheld parents’ religious free exercise rights in directing the upbringing of their children. Writing for the majority, Justice Alito emphasized: “[W]e have long recognized the rights of parents to…

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Parental Rights Returning to Congress

This week, the Parental Rights Foundation team is on Capitol Hill, working to reintroduce the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (PRA). We’re visiting congressional offices representing Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia, and pointing key congress members to our new lead sponsor in the U.S. House, Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL). Please note that we…

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Texas Proposes Parental Rights Amendment

This November, Texas voters will be asked to vote for or against “the constitutional amendment affirming that parents are the primary decision makers for their children.” This follows a unanimous May 20 vote in the Texas Senate in favor of House amendments to Senate Joint Resolution 34 (SJR 34), which proposes a Parental Rights Amendment…

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Florida’s First-in-the-Nation Office of Parental Rights

On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier launched a national first: the Office of Parental Rights. In a press release, he says the “initiative is established to provide justice to parents and families whose rights have been violated.” He celebrated the launch with a press conference at a Jacksonville school, where our…

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Legislative Update

A lot has been happening in state legislatures around the country regarding parental rights, including some big news out of Indiana. But before I get to that, check out what’s going on in these states: In Florida, the Reasonable Childhood Independence bill is nearing the finish line. Introduced concurrently by Sen. Erin Grall in the…

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