The Maryland Senate revised a General Assembly bill that would have removed a parental right to opt children out of certain lessons, including sex education and gender identity topics.
The Democrat-led Assembly bill’s original text required “each county board to establish policies, guidelines, and procedures for a parent or guardian to opt out of a certain topic for the parent’s or guardian’s student, subject to a certain prohibition and requirement.” The also Democrat-controlled Senate’s amended version dropped this language entirely, however. The bill requires the state education department to establish “a comprehensive health education framework.”
The final version of the bill passed the Education, Energy and the Environmental Committee with the amendment Wednesday by a 6-3 vote. The legislation also passed both chambers of the state legislature, first by…
