{"id":1841826,"date":"2023-02-10T07:49:11","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1841826"},"modified":"2023-02-10T07:56:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:56:36","slug":"connecticut-lawmakers-move-to-block-parents-from-seeing-teacher-student-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/connecticut-lawmakers-move-to-block-parents-from-seeing-teacher-student-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Lawmakers Move To Block Parents From Seeing Teacher-Student Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconnecticut-lawmakers-move-to-block-parents-from-seeing-teacher-student-communications%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1841826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Connecticut&#8217;s leftist policymakers are using metaphorical language to describe their policies \u201cParents Not Welcome\u201d signs on our state\u2019s classroom doors by allowing teachers to avoid Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about their communications with students.<\/p>\n<p>The majority party in this General Assembly has introduced several bills to protect teachers since the school session started on January 4. \u201charassment\u201d These are motivated by ideological differences. They also seek to restrict parental access to teacher\/student communications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These bills were created in response to the rise in education as a national policy issue. This was after local school boards became a hotbed for controversy over issues such as school closures, masking, and inadequate online learning. There is also an obsession with skin color (or so-called equity). \u201csocial justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, American K-12 education has been a source of satisfaction. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/1612\/education.aspx\">Flip<\/a> from positive to negative \u2014 from 51 percent satisfied versus 47 percent dissatisfied in 2019 to 42 percent satisfied versus 55 percent dissatisfied in 2022. The national reading and math test scores are <a href=\"https:\/\/yankeeinstitute.org\/2022\/10\/25\/24306\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dropped considerably<\/a> Because of pandemic lockdowns, scores fell even faster in Connecticut than the national average.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The legislative majority is increasing its involvement in school-related matters due to parental involvement. Several bills this session seem intended to stymie parents\u2019 efforts to discover what is happening in their children\u2019s schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the H.B. was proposed to allow teachers to avoid FOIA requests. 6192, also known as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/asp\/cgabillstatus\/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&#038;which_year=2023&#038;bill_num=6192\">An Act Concerning the Nondisclosure of Certain Communications between Teachers and Students<\/a>.\u201d The bill would not include the \u201cdefinition of public record\u201d Any communication between a teacher or student \u201cthat takes place during school-sponsored activities\u201d Information \u201csensitive subjects, such as sexual orientation, gender identity and race, that occur during school-sponsored activities.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>H.B. was also introduced by the majority. 6396, also known as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/asp\/cgabillstatus\/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&#038;which_year=2023&#038;bill_num=6396\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Act Protecting Educators in Teaching Certain Subjects and Topics in Schools<\/a>,\u201d This bans the creation of local or regional boards for education. \u201cpunishing or otherwise restricting an educator from teaching about subjects in which ideological differences of opinion exist between such board and educator.\u201d It is important to create a work environment. \u201cfree from harassment, intimidation or physical violence stemming from ideological differences of opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harassment, intimidation, and physical violence are all not justified. But prohibiting boards of education from overseeing curriculum \u2014 which is one of their primary functions \u2014 limits their utility and is undemocratic, as the boards represent the will of the voters who elected them. If this bill were to become law, teachers would presumably be entitled to praise. \u201cThe 1619 Project\u201d You can deny or accept slavery without any consequences. <\/p>\n<p>Communities have a right to know what is being taught in classrooms because their taxpayers are footing the bill for the children\u2019s education. The minority party, however, has many proposals. \u201callow parents to meaningfully participate in the education process,\u201d Transparency has been a rallying cry of parental rights groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cga.ct.gov\/asp\/cgabillstatus\/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&#038;bill_num=HB05270&#038;which_year=2023\">H.B. 5270<\/a> would require a local or regional board of education to make all K-12 curriculum materials available online and allow for public comment \u201cat all regular<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecticut lawmakers introduced a bill to hide teacher-student communication on &#8216;sensitive subjects&#8217; like gender identity from parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1720,"featured_media":1841829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4728,8583,9991,3673,5007,13712],"class_list":["post-1841826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-block","tag-communications","tag-connecticut","tag-lawmakers","tag-parents","tag-teacher-student"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1720"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1841826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1841826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1841829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1841826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1841826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1841826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}