Superintendent Walters Calls SCOTUS Ruling a Victory Despite Uncertainty for State's Bible Directive

IL officials have opposing views on ruling affirming parents’ rights in schools – Center Square

Following a 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday, siding with parents in opting out their children from school curriculum with LGBTQ storybooks, Illinois political leaders are sounding off.

Authors blast 'harmful' SCOTUS ruling allowing parents to opt kids out of reading their LGBTQ+ books

Authors and illustrators of the controversial LGBTQ+ children's books at the center of Friday's Supreme Court ruling blasted the decision as "discriminatory and harmful" in a joint statement.The justices decided 6-3 in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents can exclude their children from a Maryland public school system's lessons that contain themes about homosexuality and transgenderism if they feel the material conflicts with their religious faith. Th…

Superintendent Walters calls SCOTUS ruling a victory despite uncertainty for state's Bible directive

In a monumental case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled parents can opt their student out of lessons that go against their religious beliefs.

PGCPS interim superintendent addresses past controversies, outlines 100-day plan

A children’s book author never imagined her work would wind up in a Supreme Court discussion, so it was “surreal” to be mentioned in the case of Maryland elementary school parents who sued their school district to allow them to opt their kids out of reading books with LGBTQ+ themes. In a case that originated in Montgomery County, the high court ruled Friday that schools must provide notice and an opt-out option when assigning books with LGBTQ+ t…

Mahmoud decision says Maryland parents can opt children out of curriculum that violates their religious beliefs - The Sentinel

In a much-anticipated case centered on religious freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that a group of Maryland parents can remove their children from school lessons if those lessons violate their beliefs. The 6-3 decision in Mahmoud pitted parents with Muslim, Jewish, and Christian backgrounds against the school board of Montgomery County, Maryland, which in 2022 introduced homosexual and LGBTQ+ materials into its public sc…

SCOTUS upholds parental rights in religious upbringing of their children

On June 27th, the final day of its 2024-25 term, the Supreme Court handed down one of its most significant rulings ever in favor of parents’ rights to direct the educational upbringing of their children. [...]