Parental Rights & Education
Protecting the rights of mom and dad
to educate their child as they see fit in Michigan
GOVERNOR CANDIDATE FORUM FOR THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT EDUCATION
You are invited to join us as we co-host a special Governor Candidate Forum with our friends at MiCHN.
Click here to register. Bring your families for this awesome civic opportunity.
Note: You can learn their positions on religious freedom, educational choice, parental rights, and more. This will be a fun and engaging opportunity, moderated by our founder James Muffett.
Send us questions at amy@ctvmichigan.org
Our Latest Tools and Resources
The more we learn, the more tools we have to make available to you. Please take a moment to review some of these helpful resources.
Special Tool for Parents:
In light of the recent Supreme Court rulings (March 2026), alongside our friend Matt Wilk with Get Kids Back to School, we have prepared a sample letter for you to use to send to your local school districts.
Download the letter and use the copy to remind your schools of what your expectations are for them as they are involved in the education of your children.
Latest News
The Latest –Parents know your Rights and fight for them – The Supreme Court supports you!
Michigan parents and guardians, when the United States Spreme Court makes a ruling on a case, it sets a precedent (or standard). In two sweeping victories announced ath the start of March 2026, the Supreme Court is standing for parents. Their clarion call to “preserve parents’ rights” becomes the legal standard you can present to your local school districts.
- Settlement for Mahmoud vs Taylor: “The Montgomery County Board of Education is now required to “provide parents with advance notice when instructional materials addressing family life and human sexuality will be used,” and allow parents to opt out.”
- Significance to you: it covers all topics in school where they may try and insert LGBTQ+ agenda
- Historic win in California case: The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked California’s “gender secrecy” school rules, meaning California can’t enforce policies that keep parents in the dark if a child adopts a different gender identity at school while the case continues.
- Why it matters to Michigan parents: it strengthens the legal argument that parents have a right to be informed and involved in major school/mental-health related decisions—so it can influence school policies and future lawsuits beyond California, including in Michigan.
Defining the Subject
What is Education
Education is a gift. And no two children are alike. Every child is unique. Parents are given the fundamental God-given right to raise – and educate – their child in the best way they see fit.
CTV has been working since 1989 to
- Protect and defend the rights of parents
- Advance educational choices so children have various opportunities to be educated in the way they learn best
We Believe In
- Protecting children
- Protecting the parents’ rights
- Schools being responsible
Important Laws & Policies
- Latest Adopted Health Policy
- Revised School Code (see Section 5 for what must exist if a school decides to teach Sex Education)
- Michigan Law that supports your right as a parent to do what is best for your child
Helpful Resource to Print
Resource: What is MOASH?
- The organization behind the radical sex education overhaul legislation and new health standards
- How they actively push the LGBTQ+ agenda and create clubs in public schools
- How your tax dollars are funding their ongoing work across our state
Presentation by Salt & Light Global
Click on the button below to review the presentation done by friends at Salt & Light Global on MOASH.
Call to Action
Join us in Praying
Join our Prayer Team for Michigan’s Children
We believe in God and the power of prayer.
We know that our children today are hurting, struggling, and facing many challenges.
Please join our Prayer Team where we link arms with you to stand in the gap for those in the education arena and the precious children God has entrusted to us to raise.
Know the Law
Michigan’s law protects you, Mom and Dads. You have the Biblical, spiritual, and legal fundamental right to examine what your child is being taught. And to ask that they would be omitted from that class topic.
The Federal Government Can’t Interfere either
In a recent Supreme Court case, even the federal law now backs you up. Parents you can choose to do what is best for your child. You have the right to ask questions and to opt them out.
Download opt out form
Find Your School
What district do you live in?
Know Your Education
Be aware of what is being taught
Prayer Team for Kids
People all over Michigan Praying
Helpful Education Links:
Interested in Homeschooling?
Looking for help finding a Christian school?
- Visit Michigan Association of Christian Schools (MACS)
- Catholic Schools: There are 7 dioceses in Michigan with each diocese listing the Catholic Schools in their area.
Grand Rapids: www.catholicschools4u.org/about-us/find-a-school
Detroit: www.aodfinder.org/schools
Lansing: www.dolcatholicschools.com/find-school
Gaylord:www.dioceseofgaylord.org/find-a-school
Saginaw: www.greatlakesbaycatholicschools.com/find-a-school
Kalamazoo: www.diokzoo.org/schoolfinder
Marquette: www.dioceseofmarquette.org/schoolfinder
Explore Charter Schools
Better Understand Michigan Education
Michigan State Board of Education
Michigan Department of Education
Other Organizations Working on Education in Michigan
How to Find Your Local School District
Find your local school board and get involved, whether you are a homeschool family, or a household whose kids are grown.
Download this graphic and share it on social media and with your friends
Report What is Happening
Our friends with Salt &Light Global invite you to submit stories about what you see taking place in your local schools. Read and submit your story here.
Find Ways to Help Now
We prepared this handout for you, following the adoption of the “new” Health Standards by the Michigan State Board of Education on November 13.
This is a launching place for you to take action. Download it here.
Some Steps for Action
Following the egregious passage of the Health Standards in November of 2025, our friends at Salt & Light Global put together this review of next steps to take.
Matt’s Letter
Need a form letter for requesting information from your local school?
Our friend Matt Wilk with Get Kids Back to School has supplised this short and polite letter that you can use as a template.
