Legislative Republican leaders are preparing for big fights this week over two battleground bills.
The Healthy Youth Act, which allows parents to choose between "abstinence only" and "comprehensive" sex ed programs, is scheduled for a hearing in a Senate committee. The bill previously cleared the House.
The School Violence Prevention Act, which seeks to stop bullying in schools is set to be heard in House committees. Republicans object to the bill because it defines classes of victims and includes actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.
"These bills are part of the radical left's social agenda and show how legislative Democrats have abandoned traditional North Carolina values," Sen. Phil Berger, the Senate minority leader, said.
House minority leader Rep. Paul Stam said Republicans will try to amend the bullying bill so that it states flatly that all bullying is wrong without classes of victims.
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