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Defining Sex, Protecting Minors,
Providing Opt Outs for Content in
Conflict With Your Religious Beliefs

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North Carolina House Bill 805, now SL 2025-84, entitled "Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors," defines sex as male or female based on biology across state laws, prohibits taxpayer-funded gender-transition surgeries, puberty blockers, or cross-sex hormones for inmates, and restricts these procedures for minors, while extending the malpractice lawsuit window to 10 years for gender-transition procedures. It mandates age verification for online pornography and regulates school sleeping arrangements. The bill ensures parents can opt their children out of classroom materials or activities conflicting with religious beliefs, with schools required to provide advance notice and alternatives. It also makes school library catalogs publicly searchable, allows parental control over library checkouts. The statute preserves biological accuracy in public records by linking amended birth certificates to the original.

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  Supreme Court Ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor

Upholding Parental Rights to

Opt Out of Harmful Curriculum

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In Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Supreme Court backed parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, who opposed the school board’s policy of including LGBTQ+-inclusive books in elementary curricula without an opt-out for religious objections. The Court ruled the policy violated parents’ religious freedom and parental rights, overturning a prior decision.

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Click the PARENT RESOURCES for OPT OUT documents for you to use.

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Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling

Executive Order 14190 
Issued 2/3/2025

 

Executive Order 14190, titled "Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling," is an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on January 29, 2025. It aims to restrict federal funding for K–12 schools that implement curricula or policies related to "gender ideology" and "discriminatory equity ideology," a term defined within the order. The order also reinstates the 1776 Commission to promote "patriotic education". 

Read the complete document HERE.

Examples of Violations

Violations are centered on educational materials, curricula, and practices that are deemed to promote "discriminatory equity ideology" or "gender ideology". Specific actions and materials that could violate the order include: 

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  • Facilitating social transition without parental consent: This includes a teacher or school counselor affirming a transgender minor's gender identity.

  • Using preferred names and pronouns: Referring to a transgender or nonbinary student by their preferred name or pronouns, in instances where it would be interpreted as supporting "social transition" or "gender ideology".

  • Granting access to segregated facilities: Allowing a student to use a bathroom, locker room, or sports team that differs from their sex assigned at birth.

  • Teaching about systemic racism or implicit bias: School curricula that include concepts like "white privilege" or "unconscious bias" are considered anti-American and in violation of the order.

  • Promoting DEI programs and frameworks: The order prohibits federally funded teacher training programs from including Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) concepts.

  • Distorting American history: Curricula that do not align with the "patriotic education" narrative promoted by the reinstated 1776 Commission could be seen as violations. 

Several NC districts have lost funding, access to grants, and funding freezes due to lack of compliance.
Contact us if you feel your school in violation.

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The Pavement Education Project is composed of non-partisan volunteers who are concerned with the well being of children and the rights of parents and guardians. The PEP mission is to inform, engage, and mobilize parents and communities for positive change in education. Join our team to get involved.

The Pavement Education Project is a non-profit, non-partisan 501 (c)(4) organization. Any donations will go towards projects that support educating and engaging North Carolina communities and families. Contributions are not tax deductible as charitable contributions. 

PEP is not a book banning effort, but offers parents and citizens an opportunity to see what books are available in NC Schools. It is up to parents and communities to take action.v

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