On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Senate gave final legislative passage to AB 510 (full text), known as the Parental Bill of Rights. The bill gives 16 different rights to parents and guardians of school children. Among these are the right to determine a child's religion; the right to determine the names and pronouns used for the child at school; the right to notice when a controversial subject will be taught or discussed in the child's classroom; and the right to opt the child out of a class or instructional materials based on religion or personal conviction. The Wisconsin ACLU criticized the bill, saying in part:
This bill disguises classroom censorship as parental rights, enabling politicians to require the forced outing, misgendering, and deadnaming of trans and nonbinary students. It also inhibits educational instruction on race, gender, sexual orientation, and other important topics that impact all of us.
According to a report on the bill by The Center Square, Governor Tony Evers has said he will veto the bill.
