Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promised the legislation faces a 'dead end' in the Senate.
— House Republicans on Friday narrowly passed legislation aimed at fulfilling a campaign promise to give parents more of a role in what's taught in public schools. It has little chance in the Democratic-run Senate and critics said it would propel a far-right movement that has led to book bans, restrictions aimed at transgender students and raucous school board meetings across the country.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy conducts a news conference in the Capitol after the House passed the Parents Bill of Rights on Friday, March 24, 2023.Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Republican from Colorado, successfully added amendments that would require schools to report when transgender girls join girls' athletics teams and if trans girls are allowed to use girls' school restrooms or locker rooms.
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky pointed to the 100-plus Republicans who supported his amendment to terminate the department's authority and said"it adds a lot of momentum."parental control over public school classrooms Recently, Republicans have tapped into frustrations over remote learning and mask mandates in schools, as well as social conservatives' opposition to certain teachings on race that are broadly labeled as critical race theory, a way of thinking about America's history through the lens of racism.
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