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(RNS) The year-long battle between MCPS and the families is not over yet, as the judge still needs to hear the full case before making a final decision.
A federal court has ruled that a group of interfaith parents have no proof that a school district violated their right to free expression by removing an option to opt their students out of lessons teaching LGBT ideology that conflicts with their religious values.
Parents have no right to opt their elementary school-age children out of Montgomery County Public Schools classes featuring storybooks dealing with human sexuality and gender, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The court also said MCPS the state's largest school district did not have to notify parents of when such texts will be presented in class.