Fellow Conservative,

During the COVID-19 lockdowns parents were able to see first-hand the education their children were receiving.

Parents were rightly upset with curriculums that taught critical race theory and woke gender ideology.

And parents were rightly upset with the abusive length of school closures which greatly contributed to greater mental health problems, disrupted students’ ability to learn, and the arrested development of the youngest of students.

The grassroots and Heritage Action responded by working with principled state legislators to enact education reform and parental rights laws. We took the research and policy ideas of The Heritage Foundation and turned them into law.

You can see the impact of these efforts in a new Education Scorecard launched by the Heritage Foundation yesterday.

                              >>> See where your state ranks <<<
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The education scorecard serves as a blueprint for legislators and grassroots activists to improve education freedom and parental rights in their state. It scores states in four categories:

  1. School Choice
  2. Transparency
  3. Regulatory Freedom
  4. Return on Investment (ROI) for Education Spending

Director of Grassroots Heritage President Kevin Roberts, Janae Stracke, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis attended the launch of the Education Scorecard.
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The Education Freedom movement has been gaining ground. In the past year, we’ve seen:

  • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin win on a parental rights platform.
  • Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law statewide school choice.
  • Florida voters elect an overwhelming number of conservative school board members who support parental rights.

Heritage Action has resources for parents and activists to get involved and save their schools. Go to SaveOurSchools.com for model legislation, Parents’ Bills of Rights, FOIA request instructions, polling data, and more!

In July, the House passed a bill, called the “Respect for Marriage Act,” that would codify gay marriage into federal law. The Senate is now trying to vote on this bill sometime in September.

Although the Supreme Court has previously ruled to make gay marriage legal, Democrats are anxious to push a narrative on this issue ahead of the election.

This bill is flawed in many ways. Besides pushing a Leftist agenda, it is simply poorly written, and opens up numerous loopholes to federally legalize polygamy and child marriages. Drafting errors like these are what happens when Democrat legislators are more focused on talking points than serious legislating.

This bill also targets religious people of faith. This law creates a path for ACLU and marxist lawyers to sue people of faith for not performing or recognizing same-sex marriages. The tax-exempt status of churches, synagogues, and religiously affiliated universities would be put into question.

What to watch for: Any amendment to address these issues would need 60 votes to pass. Senators on the right who care about religious liberty are working on the issue, but it remains to be seen if Democrats would agree to an amendment.

On Thursday, Jessica Anderson joined Dagen McDowell on Fox Business to continue raising awareness of ESG, and its threat to working Americans.
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The Left is coming for you in your workplace. Using your own money they hope to impose a ESG social credit score that would negatively rate businesses who don’t comply with the Left’s woke agenda on energy and social issues.

Learn more at ESGhurts.com where we have proactive information kits and solutions including model legislation.

Finally, there are only two days left to submit a comment in opposition to Biden’s redefinition of sex under Title IX. Biden’s new rule broadly interprets the word “sex” to advance the Left’s radical gender ideology. If you haven’t already, take just 3 minutes to submit a comment and keep the trans agenda out of our schools.

Have a great weekend!

Jessica and the Heritage Action team
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