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Florida State Capitol, Tallahassee — illustrative for the Eleventh Circuit (covers Florida, Georgia and Alabama); not the Atlanta federal courthouse — Photo: public domain / site archive

Accountability|United States

11th Circuit vacates injunction blocking Georgia’s social-media age-verification law

In NetChoice v. Attorney General of Georgia (No. 25-12436, filed 15 October 2026), a three-judge panel held that NetChoice failed its facial First Amendment burden under Moody, and failed on vagueness and § 230 preemption. The panel vacated the Northern District of Georgia’s preliminary injunction against SB 351 and remanded. The law’s age checks, parental consent under 16, and minor-ad targeting limits can be enforced while the case continues.

Daily Teabag Desk·October 16, 2026Centre

Centre Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa — Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0

Accountability|Canada

Manitoba: Kinew says health-curriculum overhaul keeps parental opt-outs

On 22 September 2026 Premier Wab Kinew pledged that Manitoba’s new phys-ed and health curriculum pilot will not strip parents’ ability to choose alternative delivery for potentially sensitive lessons — while the province still plans province-wide mandate for September 2028.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 23, 2026Slight right

California State Capitol, Sacramento — Photo: Alex Proimos, CC BY 2.0

Accountability|United States

Encinitas settles: $175,000 and parental notice after gender-identity buddy lesson

A Southern District of California order dated 14 September 2026 approved a $175,000 settlement in S.E. v. Grey, vacated the May 2025 preliminary injunction, and dismissed the case with prejudice — after Encinitas Union School District had already rewritten notice-and-opt-out rules in the shadow of Mahmoud v. Taylor.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 22, 2026Slight right

U.S. Supreme Court Building — Photo: Kjetil Ree, CC BY-SA 3.0

Policy Watch|United States

SCOTUS: Parents may opt elementary kids out of LGBTQ storybook lessons — Montgomery County settles

Mahmoud v. Taylor (27 Jun 2025) required notice and opt-outs for Montgomery County’s LGBTQ-inclusive elementary storybooks. A Feb 2026 permanent injunction and reported $1.5M settlement closed the district chapter — the Free Exercise precedent travels.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 21, 2026Slight right

Accountability|United States

SCOTUS interim win: California schools likely cannot hide a child’s gender transition from objecting parents

On 2 March 2026 the Supreme Court vacated a Ninth Circuit stay as to parents in Mirabelli v. Bonta — Free Exercise and Due Process parental-rights theories. Emphasize: interim emergency relief, not a final nationwide ban on all student-privacy policies.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 21, 2026Slight right

Alberta Legislature Building, Edmonton — Photo: WinterforceMedia, public domain

Policy Watch|Canada

Alberta Bill 27 in force: parental notice/consent for pronouns — and opt-in for gender/sexuality lessons

Education Amendment Act 2024 (Bill 27) took effect 1 Sep 2025: notify parents of gender-related name/pronoun requests; consent under 16; parental opt-in (not opt-out) for explicit gender/sexuality subject matter. Egale/Skipping Stone challenge followed within days. Do not conflate with Bill 26’s gender-care injunction.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 21, 2026Lean right

Palace of Westminster, London — Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5

Policy Watch|World

England’s KCSIE 2026: involve parents before social transition — Cass caution enters safeguarding

Keeping children safe in education 2026 (in force 1 Sep 2026) folds gender-questioning guidance into the statutory safeguarding rulebook. Official consultation response: parents’ views should carry great weight; no standalone guidance pamphlet.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 21, 2026Slight right

Old and new Florida State Capitols, Tallahassee — Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5

Policy Watch|United States

What Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act actually bans — and what the 2024 settlement clarified

HB 1557 (2022) restricts classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in early grades and strengthens parental notification on student well-being. The March 2024 Equality Florida settlement left the statute intact while clarifying it is not a ban on ‘saying gay,’ library books, GSAs, or mere discussion.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 21, 2026Centre

British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria — Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 4.0

Policy Watch|Canada

B.C. answered anti-SOGI school protests with 20-metre access zones — Abbotsford later rejected parental notice

Safe Access to Schools Act (2024) created ~20 m access zones around K–12 schools. SOGI 123 remained a 2024 election flashpoint. In October 2025 Abbotsford trustees defeated a motion for advance parental notice before SOGI resource use.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 21, 2026Slight right

Accountability|United States

AB 1955 still statewide — Ninth Circuit pauses key ‘no mandatory outing’ clauses for seven plaintiff parents

California’s SAFETY Act (AB 1955) still forbids districts from requiring parental disclosure of a pupil’s SOGI without pupil consent. After Mirabelli, the Ninth Circuit (18 Jun 2026) entered a limited injunction covering named parent plaintiffs only — not a statewide strike-down.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 21, 2026Slight right

Massachusetts State House, Boston — Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0

Accountability|United States

Parents lost in Massachusetts: First Circuit upholds school social-transition secrecy — SCOTUS won’t hear it

Short balance piece: Foote v. Ludlow (First Circuit 18 Feb 2025) affirmed dismissal of parents’ Due Process claim over school social transition without notice. SCOTUS denied cert 20 Apr 2026 — leaving a circuit contrast with Mirabelli’s interim parental win.

Daily Teabag Desk·September 21, 2026Centre

Moharimet Elementary School exterior, Madbury, New Hampshire — Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0

Accountability|United States

Silent wristbands, loud precedent: appeals court backs Bow parents

New Hampshire officials called pink “XX” bands “hateful.” The First Circuit called punishing them viewpoint discrimination — and sent the case back.

Elena Vogt·September 21, 2026Lean right

Accountability|Canada

Westlock flyer, Section 3 tribunal: Alberta’s speech fight goes provincial

Benita Pedersen faces days of AHRC hearings over a 2023 flyer opposing a rainbow crosswalk. JCCF is defending; Rebel News is pushing a Scrap Section 3 campaign with a Hwy 2 billboard and a UCP convention petition.

Elena Vogt·September 21, 2026Lean right