Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond
OKLAHOMA CITY (Aug. 28, 2025) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that could protect Oklahoma parents’ fundamental rights to direct the care and upbringing of their children in public schools.
He and 22 other state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in opposition to a Massachusetts school district’s policy that allows the “social transitioning” of children without parental consent.
“Oklahoma parents shouldn’t have to worry if their child’s school is making life-altering decisions behind their back,” Drummond said. “This Massachusetts case represents a dangerous overreach that threatens the sacred bond between parents and children. We’re standings with parents across the state and nation to ensure that public schools support families, not undermine them.”
The case, Foote v. Ludlow School Committee, involves Ludlow Public School in Massachusetts and parents Stephen Foote and Marissa Silvestri. The school secretly promoted “social transitioning,” ignoring the parents’ requests for school personnel to stay out of their family matter and calling their two children by new names and pronouns. It went as far as a school counselor having secret discussions with the students, suggesting they weren’t safe with their parents.
Drummond and the attorneys general are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case and reverse the flawed U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that affirmed the district court’s decision in 2023 in favor of the school’s policy.
In the brief, the attorneys general argue the First Circuit’s decision should be reversed because hundreds of years of tradition and history recognize the importance of a parent’s rights to direct the care and upbringing of their children and schools cannot make decisions rooted in parental power without parental consent. Parental rights are constitutionally protected across each state and cannot be overridden when guiding a child’s health or education.
Joining Drummond on the brief are attorneys general from West Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia and Guam.
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