Summary of Parents Bill of Rights Act

summary.md

Updated to Mar 14, 2023

This is not a legal document, and shall not provide any legal advice. This is simply my interpretation of the bill provided here.

Notes on following document

• Any instance "parent" means "parent of an active student"
• Any instance of "teacher" means "teacher of student, respective to parent"
• This is not legal advice

The following must be public and downloadable upon request:

• School curriculum
• Budget for next year
• Expenditures from previous (current) year
• Alterations to gifted/advanced programs and courses
• List of books provided in school library
• Any assemblies, activites, speakers or other events, along with:
  • Date of event
  • Organizer/speaker of event
  • Name of event
  • Description of event
  • Educational purpose

The following must be reported to parents by teachers:

• Bullying (as victim or assailant)
• Transgenderism
• New name/pronouns
• Using opposite restroom
• Failing grades
• Request for vaccination (verifiable consent)
• Any emergency medical event/screening

The following must be provided upon request by the respective parent:

• Report cards
• Responses to surveys

Additionally, the following:

• Parents allowed to meet 1-on-1 with teachers at least twice a year
• Teachers may not act as parents
• Teachers may not provide consent on behalf of parent or student
• No data on students may be sold for commercial purposes, except:
  • Prom tickets
  • School photos
  • Yearbook
  • Clubs
  • (etc)
• Privacy policy developed in conjunction and meaningful input from parents

Parents must not be forced to sign an NDA to survey/download any of the following:

• Any teacher materials, including:
  • Films
  • Tapes
  • Reading materials
  • Other professional development materials
    • (this basically means anything found or taught in the classroom)

Additionally, parents are allowed to comment on any of the above, including any content taught from previous portions or in the next period, for at least three consecutive days every three weeks.

Additionally, the following demands

• Any previous verbal consent of the student is now voided, all consent must be written
• The parent has every right to inspect any
  • Instructional material used in curriculum
  • Books and other reading materials
• Parents are allowed to opt out their students from any activity
• Teachers must receive parental consent for any of the following:
  • Changing preferred name
  • Changing sex / gender markers
  • Changing pronouns
  • Usage of the opposite changing rooms or bathrooms

All public schools must:

• Comply within 180 days of its passing.
• Report any violations and anonymized investigations/enforcement actions on a yearly
  basis on a website or other public means