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The City of Seattle
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A resolution expressing opposition to the passage of Initiative Measure No. IL26-001, concerning parental rights relating to their children in public school, and Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, concerning participation in athletics at K-12 schools, on the November 3, 2026, General Election Ballot.
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Let’s Go Washington is a political action committee, founded by a hedge fund multimillionaire, that sponsors ballot initiatives that seek to advance conservative and anti-progressive priorities.
Let’s Go Washington filed petitions for both Initiative Measure IL26-001, concerning parental rights relating to their children in public school, and IL26-638, concerning participation in athletics at K-12 schools, both of which will appear on the November 3, 2026, General Election Ballot.
Initiative Measure IL26-001 removes existing record protections that support students who may be the victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, or bullying, in that it would require school counselors to break the confidence of students who have sought help from them, and would likely discourage these students from seeking out that help.
Initiative Measure IL26-001 only disallows the disclosure of sensitive information about students to parents who are under active criminal investigation for child abuse, which leaves all other students who are the victims of child abuse unprotected from the repercussions of such disclosure.
Initiative Measure IL26-001 would also require schools to “out” students who identify as LGBTQIA+, for whom their home environments may not be a safe place for them to live authentically and who may risk abuse or banishment from their households as a result of a school’s mandatory disclosure.
Initiative Measure IL26-638 would not allow the use of birth certificates to establish a student’s gender for the purposes...
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