May 29, 2025

Your Voice Matters, Support AB599 Today

Five days left in the session, to pass AB599

Dear Parents,


I’m excited to share that AB 599 would:


  • Expand access to school‑choice scholarships for more low‑income families
  • Improve transparency with regular, public reporting on scholarship use
  • Enhance accountability by requiring scholarship organizations to demonstrate real results


With only days left in this session, AB599 needs a committee hearing—or it dies. Will you help us make sure parents’ voices are heard?


Please take 60 seconds to email your legislators through our easy system:

Send Your Message in Support of AB599


Thank you for standing up for real educational options and ensuring every scholarship dollar counts!


Warmly,

Erin Phillips

CEO, Power2Parent Union



You can read AB599 here


Contact your assembly member today with one click! You will be able to view our example letter and customize it all in one step. Tell them you are their constituent and ask them to vote Yes on AB599.

In addition to providing programs that strengthen families and empower parents to advocate for their children...Much of what we do is behind the scenes with monitoring policies, researching laws, and teaching you how to engage the process. Please consider supporting our work to protect parental rights and bring more school choice to our state. When you advocate for one child, you advocate for many.

We need your help to continue to monitor policies that affect our kids. Can we count on you to contribute $10, $25, $50 to make sure your voice is heard and our children are safe? 

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May 20, 2025

Legislative Update: Action Needed on Governor Lombardo's Education Bill

Dear Powerful Parents,


At 4:30 today, Governor Joe Lombardo's education bill (AB584) will get a hearing in the Committee on Ways and Means. This bill represents a significant shift towards educational accountability statewide, The governor has made improving education in Nevada the centerpiece of his administration and is working hard to make sure we see progress this legislative session. The bill is large, but here are some of the highlights:


  • (Section 38): Establishes an account enabling parents of students attending chronically low‑performing schools to access alternative settings either public, charter, or private .
  • (Sections 22–24): Requires districts to allow transfers across attendance zones, with required transportation support for students leaving low‑performing schools .
  • (Sections 25–27): Sets up a $1 million “Empowering Parents Account” to fund K–3 reading interventions, with priority based on household income. .
  • (Section 17) Funds teacher and administrator incentives that awards performance-based bonuses.


Governor Lombardo's bill balances school choice options with needed financial support for public school improvements. These provisions will help improve education in Nevada and provides real hope for students trapped in failing schools with few options. Please click the link below to write to your representatives and ask them to support this bill. We have a letter written, but feel free to change it to reflect your thoughts on the bill.


Thank you for your advocacy. Together, we can make positive things happen for education and families in Nevada!

In addition to providing programs that strengthen families and empower parents to advocate for their children, much of our work happens quietly behind the scenes—ensuring parents are represented where decisions are made. Your support helps us continue this important work: defending parental rights and expanding school choice across Nevada. When you stand up for one child, you stand up for many.

A gift of $10, $25, or $50 today helps amplify the voice of parents and protect the rights that matter most to families.

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May 14, 2025

Important Call to Action- Protect Local Control and Parental Rights

WHY WE WANT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS

TO VOTE "NO" ON AB464

Assembly Bill 464 (AB464) AB464 strips away local control and embeds permanent curriculum mandates in Nevada law, including controversial and ideologically driven content like Social Emotional Learning (SEL), diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and reproductive education. It prohibits school boards, principals, and teachers from adjusting or removing these standards, even if they conflict with community values or parental concerns. The bill not only eliminates flexibility in how and what students are taught but also mandates punishment for educators or administrators who dissent. AB464 bypasses the democratic process and silences the voices of parents, school leaders, and local communities. For the sake of transparency, accountability, and educational freedom, we urge legislators to vote NO on AB464.


You can read AB464 here.


Contact your assembly member today with one click! You will be able to view our example letter and customize it all in one step. Tell them you are their constituent and ask them to vote NO on AB464.

Here is our opposition statement sent to the Assembly Committee:

In addition to providing programs that strengthen families and empower parents to advocate for their children...Much of what we do is behind the scenes with monitoring policies, researching laws, and teaching you how to engage the process. Please consider supporting our work to protect parental rights and bring more school choice to our state. When you advocate for one child, you advocate for many.

We need your help to continue to monitor policies that affect our kids. Can we count on you to contribute $10, $25, $50 to make sure your voice is heard and our children are safe? 

SIGN UP FOR TEXT ALERTS!


LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?

Power2Parent is a non-profit organization that operates entirely on donations. If you like what you see, please consider contributing, so we can continue our work to empower parents to advocate for their children and protect their parental voice.

May 12, 2025

Use Our One-click Feature to Contact Your Representatives on Critical Bills

Dear Powerful Parents,


The end of the legislative session is a few weeks away. There are a few bills still in play that are of interest to parents, and our legislators need to know how you want them to vote.


We know how busy your lives are, so we have created a quick and easy way for you to contact your representatives. With one click, you can contact your senator and assembly person and let them know where you stand.


There are four bills that need action today. AB205, AB416, SB63 and AB441. with our one-click feature, it takes less than 5 minutes to engage with your representatives and be proactive.


Together, we can make positive things happen for education and families in Nevada!

Vote No on AB205: Maintain Opt-in for Sex Education

Assembly Bill 205 (AB205) will change our current opt-in system to opt-out. Opt-out means giving schools blanket permission to teach sex-ed in any subject at any time by removing the permission slips parents sign to give permission for their child to participate. It also makes sex ed mandatory "if written refusal of the parent or guardian is not received, the pupil must attend each lesson of the course or unit." Currently, 95% of permission slips are being returned. The opt-in system is working. This bill makes assumptions—not based on data—about the 5% who don’t return slips. Parents who do not return a permission slip are not necessarily disengaged. We should not legislate based on assumptions, especially when it concerns the rights of families. Switching to opt-out is not about access to sex ed —it’s about diminishing transparency and limiting parental involvement.

Contact your representatives today. You can view our example letter and customize it all in one step.

Vote NO on AB416: Parents want to have a voice in curating library books and materials at their schools.

Assembly Bill 416 (AB416) removes essential oversight from parents and places an unfair burden on families by requiring them to seek judicial ruling to determine whether library materials are appropriate for their children. This legislation not only restricts parents' direct involvement and the ability to curate a library at their local school, and sets an excessively high threshold - court intervention - to address parental concerns.

Vote Yes on SB63: Gives parents essential tools to protect their children online.

Social media poses well-documented risks to youth mental health—including anxiety, depression, sleep disruption, and cyberbullying. Senate Bill (SB63) responds by setting reasonable safeguards: requiring age verification, limiting addictive features like infinite scrolling, and empowering parents to control when and how their children use social media.

Vote No on AB441: Preserve Opportunity Scholarships for Low Income Children

Assembly Bill 441 (AB441) would gut Nevada’s only private school scholarship option for low-income families. It limits flexibility for scholarship organizations and jeopardizes continuity for students who rely on multi-year funding for their school choice options. This bill, if passed, would relegate low income kids back to their failing schools and would hurt the kids it claims to help by reducing their educational options.


In addition to providing programs that strengthen families and empower parents to advocate for their children, much of our work happens quietly behind the scenes—ensuring parents are represented where decisions are made. Your support helps us continue this important work: defending parental rights and expanding school choice across Nevada. When you stand up for one child, you stand up for many.

A gift of $10, $25, or $50 today helps amplify the voice of parents and protect the rights that matter most to families.

LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?

Power2Parent is a non-profit organization that operates entirely on donations.