Proposed Michigan Health Standards Raise Questions on Parental Rights

Supporters call the updates modern, while critics warn they could overstep Michigan’s health education requirements.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s effort to overhaul its K–12 health education standards has ignited a political and cultural firestorm, with critics accusing the state of embedding gender and diversity ideology into required coursework that parents cannot opt their children out of.

The proposed Health Education Standards Framework, released in September by th…