parental bill of rights

The state claims the trial judge substituted his "own health policy preferences or risk assessments for those of the governor or, more importantly, the state health officer and surgeon general.”

The governor has threatened to withhold state funds from districts that attempt to align policies with CDC guidance for universal masks in school. A longtime education lawyer says the order is unconstitutional.

The proposal, House Bill 131, says parents have ultimate decision-making authority on issues of education, physical and mental health — but with exceptions.

A proposed law that would establish parents’ authority to have more direct control over their children’s education and health care was approved by a...