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The NDP calls it the Kenney Law, or the Kenney Clause, and it’s coming down Thursday.

Generally, it gives power in the gay-straight alliance debate to students, not parents.

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The legislation will prohibit parents from being notified if their school kids don’t want them to know about participation in a GSA.

The law is necessary to ensure children can “safely join” such support groups, according to a preliminary news release from Education Minister David Eggen.

But the NDP will also offer some limited flexibility. Notification without a child’s consent could happen in cases involving safety, although it would likely be rare.

This legislation comes straight out of the NDP’s running conflict with Jason Kenney.

Kenney, now the United Conservative Party leader, said during his unity campaigning that parents have a right to know if their children had joined a gay-straight alliance, “unless the parents are abusive.”