New Resource: Parental Opt-Out
By empowering and engaging parents and communities around the country, we can create meaningful and impactful change in education. WILL has created a one-stop-shop of both original resources and highlights from partners around the country that seek to assist parents and inform them of their rights.
Parent Opt-Out Form
We prepared a form to send to your child’s school district to protect your rights as a parent.
Parental Toolkit
WILL proudly fights for equal protection under the law as guaranteed by our Constitution.
Parental Toolkit Resources
7 Books to Help Parents Understand Education
Legal Explainer #1 – Overview of Parental Rights Legal Landscape
Legal Explainer #2 – Understanding First Amendment Rights for Parents
Legal Explainer #3 – Students' Religious Freedom Rights in Public Schools
Legal Explainer #4 – Mahmoud v. Taylor: What Does It Mean For Parents of School Children
Legal Explainer #5 – Understanding Title IX
Legal Explainer #6 – Understanding Title VI
Legal Explainer #7 – Understanding the Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA)
Legal Explainer #8 – Surveys and Schools: Understanding Parental Rights and the PPRA
Legal Explainer #9 – Understanding the Idea and Requesting a Special Education Evaluation
Legal Explainer #10 – Filing a Federal Discrimination Complaint With the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Legal Explainer #11 – Filing a Student Nondiscrimination Complaint (Wisconsin)
Legal Explainer #12 – Parent Guide to Open Records Reqeuests to Schools (Wisconsin)
Legal Explainer #13 – Student Immunization Law (Wisconsin)
Questions To Ask #1 – Understanding the Science of Reading: What Parents Should Know
Questions To Ask #2 – Understanding Math Instruction: What Parents Should Know
Questions To Ask #3 – Cell Phones in Schools: What Parents Should Know
Questions To Ask #4 – Social Emotional Learning: What Parents Should Know (Wisconsin)
Template / Form #1 – Parent Religious Opt-Out Request Form
Template / Form #2 – Opt Out Form For Human Growth and Development Curriculum (Wisconsin)
Template / Form #3 – Sample Public Records Requests to a Wisconsin School District
Additional Parent Resources
Trust the Science?
The Use of Outdated Reading Curricula in Wisconsin Schools
WILL’s policy brief and parent resource explores the correlation between the use of “Whole Language” lesson plans and lower reading proficiency, controlling for other factors.
In addition to the newly released report, WILL has updated its School Scorecard Dashboard to include school district reading curricula. We believe that giving accurate, easy-to-access information about our school districts is critical to the future of education in Wisconsin.