To ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the Nation’s public schools.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill requires schools to post curriculum publicly or provide access within 2 business days, requires school districts to include detailed budgets in annual report cards, and requires LEAs to post parent engagement plans publicly. It relies on reporting requirements, compliance mandates, savings clause, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Education, Parental Rights, and Technology.
Who Benefits and How
Parents could face fewer barriers, Local educational agencies and public schools could face lower compliance burdens, and Parents of public school students could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Local school districts would take on compliance duties, Local educational agencies and public schools would take on compliance duties, and Parents of public school students could face increased risk.
Key Provisions
- Requires schools to post curriculum publicly or provide access within 2 business days.
- Requires school districts to include detailed budgets in annual report cards.
- Requires LEAs to post parent engagement plans publicly.
- Creates affirms parents First Amendment right to express opinions on education decisions.
- Requires strengthens FERPA enforcement and requires reporting on enforcement actions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill requires schools to post curriculum publicly or provide access within 2 business days, requires school districts to include detailed budgets in annual report cards, and requires LEAs to post parent engagement plans publicly.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Parental Rights, Technology
Primary Purpose
The bill requires schools to post curriculum publicly or provide access within 2 business days, requires school districts to include detailed budgets in annual report cards, and requires LEAs to post parent engagement plans publicly.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Parents
- Local educational agencies and public schools
- Parents of public school students
- Parents and taxpayers
- Students
Identified Costs
- Local school districts
- Local educational agencies and public schools
- Parents of public school students
- Transgender and gender-nonconforming students
- School districts
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
Passed HouseReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, …
Additional sponsors: Mr. Ellzey, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Lamborn, …
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …
Ms. Letlow (for herself, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Emmer, Ms. Stefanik, …
Passed House (inferred from eh version)
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Curriculum and instructional material providers, Educational agencies and institutions, Educational institutions and school systems
Curriculum and instructional material providers, Educational agencies and institutions, Educational institutions and school systems, Elementary and middle-grade schools receiving Department of Education funds, Outside speakers and represented organizations at school events, Parents and guardians of public school students, Parents and students, Parents and taxpayers, Parents of minor students, Parents of public school students, Private entities paid by school districts, School administrators and staff, Transgender and gender-nonconforming students face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Non-public elementary and secondary schools, Parents and students in career and technical education schools, Students seeking access to school library materials
Negative-direction: Local educational agencies, Parents seeking to restrict other students' access to materials, Secondary career and technical education schools, State and local educational agencies and schools
Congressional education and appropriations committees, Department of Education, Education policymakers and school officials
Federal education agencies faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Congressional education and appropriations committees
Negative-direction: Department of Education, Government Accountability Office
Local school districts, School districts
State educational agencies
State educational agencies faces effects in multiple directions
Education technology vendors and school service providers
Education technology vendors and school service providers faces effects in multiple directions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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