by Todd Engdahl | Chalkbeat Colorado Senate Bill 15-077 declares that parents have the fundamental right to raise, educate, and provide medical care for their children and that government cannot interfere with that unless there’s “a compelling interest.” It sets out a long list of parental rights, including withdrawal of children from classes whose content they find objectionable, receiving information about opting out of sex education classes, access to textbooks, and consent to medical and diagnostic procedures and to video and audio recording of children. (Read the bill text here and a summary here.) - Read Full Story |