Colorado Parents Organize for Parental Rights and to Oppose School Mental Health Bill

Colorado parents protecting parental rights in public education have formed a statewide network. One of their first efforts is opposing a bill giving schools much greater power over mental health for students in grade 6 and up.
State House Bill 23-1003 provides that students 12 or older can consent to a school mental health assessment—even if their parents have opted out.
That’s a problem, Lori Gimelshteyn, founder and executive director of the Colorado Parents Advocacy Network (CPAN), told The Epoch Times.
She sees the mental health bill as the schools’ latest move to push an ideological agenda—one, she says, at the expense of children’s education and mental health, and parental control in how they are raised….}