The proposed attorney position is connected to Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s bill that includes limits on LGBTQ policies in schools.
for districts when the parental rights in education bill passed in 2016. He said in February that there may have been problems here and there, but the new standards have not been “exceptionally difficult” to follow.Nome Democrat Neal Foster and Dillingham independent Bryce Edgmon joined two Democrats and two independents from the House minority Tuesday in cutting funding for the parental rights advocate from the budget.
In what could be a preview of debates over the governor’s parental rights bill, several Republican majority members spoke strongly in favor of the advocate, and about concerns they have heard from parents concerning “erosion” of their rights. Deputy Attorney General Cori Mills said the state’s two education attorneys don’t have time to address the roughly two complaints per week the Department of Law has been receiving from parents over the past few months. The department has not tracked how many of those relate to sex education and gender.
signed by Taylor have been sent to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District since December, asking why its parental notification policies were not publicly available, and about a middle school program.from an Anchorage law firm — sent on behalf of the Fairbanks school district — said that the district “recognizes the need to enact policies” in response to the state’s 2016 parental rights law.
The Daily News sent an email to the department on March 6 requesting information about other state parental rights investigations at school districts outside of Fairbanks. Spokesperson Patty Sullivan said that would take time. On Tuesday, she said the department “may have more information later this week.”
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