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The Supreme Court tends to save its blockbuster orders\u00a0for the last day<\/a>\u00a0of the term \u2013 and 2025 was no exception.<\/p>\n

Among the important decisions handed down June 27, 2025, was\u00a0Mahmoud v. Taylor<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a case of particular interest to me, because\u00a0I teach education law<\/a>. Mahmoud, I believe, may become one of the court\u2019s most consequential rulings on parental rights.<\/p>\n

An interfaith coalition of Muslim, Orthodox Christian and Catholic parents in Montgomery County, Maryland \u2013 including Tamer Mahmoud, for whom the case is named \u2013 questioned the school board\u2019s refusal to allow them to opt their young children out of lessons using picture books with LGBTQ+ characters. Ruling in favor of the parents, the court found that the board violated their\u00a0First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion<\/a>\u00a0by requiring their children to sit through lessons with materials inconsistent with their faiths.<\/p>\n

Case history<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The parents in Mahmoud\u00a0challenged the use of certain storybooks<\/a>\u00a0that the board had approved for use in preschool and elementary school. \u201cPride Puppy<\/a>!\u201d for example \u2013 a book the schools\u00a0later removed<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 portrays a family whose pet gets lost at a LGBTQ+ Pride parade, with each page devoted to a letter of the alphabet. The book\u2019s \u201csearch and find\u201d list of words<\/a>\u00a0directs readers to look for terms in the pictures, including \u201c(drag) queen\u201d and \u201cking,\u201d \u201cleather\u201d and \u201clip ring.\u201d Other materials included stories about same-sex marriage, a transgender child, and nonbinary bathroom signs.<\/p>\n

Initially, school administrators\u00a0agreed to allow opt-outs<\/a>\u00a0for students whose parents objected to the materials. A day later, however, educators changed their minds. School officials cited concerns about absenteeism, the feasibility of accommodating opt-out requests, and a desire to avoid stigmatizing LGBTQ+ students or families.<\/p>\n

In August 2023, a\u00a0federal trial court<\/a>\u00a0rejected the parents\u2019 claim that officials had violated their fundamental due process right to direct the care, custody and education of their children. The following year, the\u00a0U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit<\/a>\u00a0affirmed in favor of the board, finding that officials did not violate the parents\u2019 rights to the free exercise of their religious beliefs, as protected by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

On appeal, a 6-3 Supreme Court\u00a0reversed in favor of the parents<\/a>. Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the court\u2019s opinion, was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, plus Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.<\/p>\n

Supreme Court<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In brief, the court held that by denying the parental requests to opt their children out of instruction inconsistent with their beliefs, school officials violated their\u00a0First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alito largely grounded the court\u2019s rationale in a\u00a0dispute from 1925<\/a>,\u00a0Pierce v. Society of Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary<\/a>, and even more heavily on 1972\u2019s\u00a0Wisconsin v. Yoder<\/a>. Both cases recognize the primacy of parental rights to direct the education of their children. According to Pierce\u2019s famous dictum, \u201cthe child is not the mere creature of the state; those who nurture him and direct his destiny have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for additional obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Yoder, Amish parents \u2013 an Anabaptist Christian community that avoids using many modern technologies \u2013 objected to sending their children to school after eighth grade because this would have violated their religious beliefs. The justices unanimously agreed with the parents that their children received all of the education they needed in their communities. The justices added that requiring the children to attend high school would have violated the parents\u2019 rights to direct their children\u2019s religious upbringing.<\/p>\n

Accordingly,\u00a0the court acknowledged<\/a>\u00a0that the parental right \u201cto guide the religious future and education of their children\u201d was \u201cestablished beyond debate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, in Mahmoud the court declared that \u201cthe Board\u2019s introduction of the \u2018LGBTQ+-inclusive\u2019 storybooks, along with its decision to withhold opt-outs, places an\u00a0unconstitutional burden<\/a>\u00a0on the parents\u2019 rights to the free exercise of their religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas agreed fully with the court, yet wrote a separate concurrence, which emphasized \u201can important implication of this decision for schools across the country.\u201d Citing Yoder, Thomas contended that rather than support inclusion, the board\u2019s policy \u201cimposes conformity with a view that undermines parents\u2019 religious beliefs, and thus interferes with the parents\u2019 right to \u2018direct the religious upbringing of their children.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice Sonia Sotomayor\u2019s dissent, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, feared \u201cthe\u00a0result will be chaos<\/a> for this Nation\u2019s public schools. Requiring schools to provide advance notice and the chance to opt out of every lesson plan or story time that might implicate a parent\u2019s religious beliefs will impose impossible administrative burdens on schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

She maintained that \u201csimply\u00a0being exposed to beliefs contrary<\/a>\u00a0to your own\u201d does not violate a person\u2019s free exercise rights. Insulating children from different ideas, she wrote, denies them of an experience that is crucial for democracy: \u201cpractice living in our multicultural society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Implications<\/strong><\/h4>\n

After the decision was handed down, Montgomery County\u2019s Board of Education\u00a0issued a statement<\/a>\u00a0promising to \u201canalyze the Supreme Court decision and develop next steps in alignment with today\u2019s decision, and as importantly, our values.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mahmoud raises challenging questions about the scope or reach of how far parents can question curricular content.<\/p>\n

On the one hand, parents should not be able to micromanage curricular content via\u00a0the \u201checkler\u2019s veto<\/a>,\u201d because this can lead to larger issues. Moreover, while Mahmoud concerns religious rights, what happens if parents question teachings based on another type of sincerely held belief \u2013 discussing war if they are pacifist, for example, or capitalism if they are socialists? While Mahmoud dealt with free-exercise rights, it may open the door to other types of First Amendment challenges from parents wishing to exempt their children from lessons.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Mahmoud highlights the need to take legitimate parental concerns into consideration. While educators typically control instruction, how can they be respectful of parents\u2019 rights as primary caregivers of their children when conflicts arise?<\/p>\n

Mahmoud may go a long way in defining parents\u2019 free-exercise rights in public schools. Still, such disputes are likely far from over in America\u2019s\u00a0increasingly diverse<\/a>\u00a0religious culture.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> Charles J. Russo is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law at the University of Dayton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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