Washington · Ballot measure
Initiative Measure No. IL26-001: Parental rights relating to their children in public school
On the ballot: November 3, 2026 Initiative to the Legislature
Heads up: voting YES on this measure repeals the 2025 changes to an existing law and restores the 2024 version. The restored version adds some rights to the list and removes others that are on it today.
A YES vote means
The Legislature’s 2025 changes to the state law listing parents’ and guardians’ rights in public schools would be undone, and the list would return to the version passed in 2024 as Initiative 2081. Some rights would be added to the list and others would be removed from it.
A NO vote means
Current law stays as it is: the list of parents’ and guardians’ rights stays as amended by the Legislature in 2025.
Who supports it
- 47TH DISTRICT REPUBLICANS (47th District GOP)
- Community Vanguard Network (CVN)
- Let's Go Washington (Sponsored by Brian Heywood)
- Skagit Young Republicans (SYR)
- Straight Talk Republican Caucus of Douglas County Sponsored by Holly Duffy (Straight Talk GOP)
Who opposes it
- Children's Campaign Fund Ballot Measure Committee
- Defend Washington
- No Hate in WA State
- Pacific County Voices Uniting (PCVU)
- Permanent Defense PAC
- and 5 more
From official campaign filings and public endorsements, each linked on the full page (checked October 30, 2026). Not complete; not an endorsement.