Minnesota Parental Bill of Rights legislation takes center stage

Last Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed their Parents Bill of Rights bill. Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich, the co-founders of Moms for Liberty, praised the passage of the bill, though they also admitted that it won't go anywhere in the U.S. Senate. In their joint statement, Justice and Descovich said "Today, the US House took bold action in support of American parents with children in the public school system. Parents have fundamental rights to speak up, be involved and ask questions of their child’s public school leaders and school boards. Parental rights do not end at the classroom door."

Later in their joint statement, they said "It is dumbfounding that the involvement of parents with their child’s education has become partisan issue. And, it is disheartening to hear that this issue is so political the US Senate will not even take up this bill."

Here in Minnesota, a group of ordinary citizens have been pulled together to champion Minnesota's "Parental Bill of Rights." I'm honored to join Professor Emeritus John Palmer, Professor Emeritus Phyllis VanBuren, Professor Jeff Johnson (formerly a St. Cloud City Council member) and Cassie Fredregill in putting together our own "Parental Bill of Rights."

Unveiling our Parental Bill of Rights

This Parental Bill of Rights isn't put together by a group of lobbyists. This Parental Bill of Rights was put together by a group of activists, most of whom are also parents. (I'm not a parent, just an activist who thinks that students need their own advocates.)

Feel free to share this Parental Bill of Rights with your neighbors, co-workers and friends. The K-12 Cartel, aka the Education Establishment, have their own advocates. The teachers' unions (NEA and AFT primarily), the National School Boards Association, aka the NSBA and Merrick Garland's DOJ and FBI serve as the K-12 Cartel's praetorian guard.

Years ago, I essentially became the 'Vote No' campaign against the St. Cloud Tech referendum. After we defeated that referendum, a wise and trusted friend emailed me to congratulate me. My friend said (I'm paraphrasing a little) Congratulations. The other side was well-funded. All you had was the better argument.

There's no doubt that Education Minnesota will be able to outspend our group of activists. Like the Vote Yes cartel, they don't have good arguments. What person other than the K-12 Cartel disagrees that "The parent has the right to make final decisions on their child’s behalf despite contrary views or objections from school personnel? What person other than DFL politicians disagrees that parents have the right to "work cooperatively with school personnel in reaching mutual agreement?" Other than the DFL, who disagrees that parents have the right to "full disclosure of all information regarding their child including all official and unofficial school records. School personnel will not willfully conceal information or events from the child’s parent unless a unique legal circumstance exists such as a 'no contact' order issued by a judge is in effect?"

DC Democrats, starting with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, have lied constantly about what the House GOP Parents' Bill of Rights contains. Just watch Mr. Jeffries' lie about the GOP bill:

Remember this when Education Minnesota or Randi Weingarten starts fighting against parents having a meaningful say in their children's lives. The K-12 Cartel wants parents involved -- as long as it's an arms-length involvement. The K-12 Cartel wants involvement as long as it doesn't involve legitimate oversight of what they're teaching students.