Legislative News

The Louisiana House of Representatives rejected legislation to end government approval of homeschool programs, which advocates say would have made homeschooling easier for families in the Bayou State.

The Republican attorney general of Texas, Ken Paxton, warned the city of Austin not to defy a Texas law that bans gender-altering medical treatment.

Gov. Bill Lee signed into law Friday a controversial bill to allow school teachers and staff to carry guns in school. The law goes into immediate effect.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a major school choice bill Tuesday, with parents, students, advocates and educators in attendance.

A new school choice bill was passed in Nebraska..., focusing on low-income families.

Independent Women’s Voice applauds the Mississippi Legislature for bi-partisan passage of House Bill 1607—the Mississippi Women’s Bill of Rights—moving Mississippi one step closer to being a state that stands with women.

Independent Women’s Voice (IWV) applauds Idaho Governor Brad Little for signing HB 421 into law, legislation inspired by IWV’s Women’s Bill of Rights (WBOR) model legislation that codifies the common public understanding of sex-based words, such as ‘woman’ and ‘man’, already used across state code. The bill is set to take effect July 1, 2024.

The Missouri Legislature passed a school choice expansion bill which now heads to the governor’s desk.

The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed Bill 71, which requires all schools that receive state funding to display the Ten Commandments.

Kansas’ governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion.

In the past week, lawmakers passed bills to force students to watch a video on abortion education which some medical experts say is inaccurate, learn about gun safety and allow teachers to carry guns in schools.

The Wyoming legislature on Thursday passed a bill banning minors from receiving transgender treatments in the state.

The bellwether state of Ohio has become the 23rd state to protect children from transgender injections and surgeries, and the 24th to safeguard fairness and privacy in women’s sports, as lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to override the Republican governor’s veto.

A new poll of Missouri voters found strong support for various forms of school choice.

The Florida Legislature passed a law revising the funding processes of the state’s various school choice programs.

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