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House GOP passes parents' rights bill in clash over schools

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WASHINGTON � House Republicans on Friday narrowly passed legislation that would fulfill a campaign promise to give parents a role in what's taught in public schools. It has little chance in the Democrat-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 Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. who made the Parents' Bill of Rights Act a priority during the early weeks of his tenure, said Republicans were "keeping our promise, our commitment to America, that parents will have a say in their kids' education." The bill passed 213-208, with five Republicans � mostly members of the House Freedom Caucus � voting against it.

Congress Parents Rights

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, speaks about the proposed legislation dubbed the "Parents Bill of Rights" on March 1 next to Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Congress Parents Rights

House Rules Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., gavels in a meeting Wednesday as Republicans advance the "Parents Bill of Rights Act" at the Capitol in Washington.

Congress Parents Rights

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, center, with Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., left, and Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., speaks March 1 about proposed legislation dubbed the "Parents Bill of Rights" on Capitol Hill in Washington.





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