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118THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 5
To ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the Nation’s
public schools.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH1, 2023
Ms. L
ETLOW(for herself, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. EMMER, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr.
J
OHNSONof Louisiana, Mr. HUDSON, Ms. FOXX, Mrs. MILLERof Illi-
nois, Mr. F
ITZGERALD, Mr. WILSONof South Carolina, Mr. THOMPSON
of Pennsylvania, Mr. G
ROTHMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BANKS, Mr.
S
MUCKER, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. STEEL, Mr. BEANof Florida, Mr. WIL-
LIAMSof New York, Mrs. HOUCHIN, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr.
M
OOLENAAR, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BUCHANAN,
Mr. H
IGGINSof Louisiana, Mr. FINSTAD, Ms. TENNEY, Mr.
D
ESJARLAIS, Mr. FALLON, Mr. KELLYof Pennsylvania, Mr. EDWARDS,
Mr. T
IFFANY, Mr. CARL, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. VALADAO, Mrs. HINSON,
Mr. N
ORMAN, Mr. BOST, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr.
M
IKEGARCIAof California, Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. MACE, Mr. STEIL, Mr.
W
ENSTRUP, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. GRAVESof Louisiana, Mrs. ROD-
GERSof Washington, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. MILLERof Ohio, Mr. MCCLIN-
TOCK, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. MOONEY, Mr. GOODENof Texas, Mr.
G
IMENEZ, Mrs. HARSHBARGER, Mr. GUEST, Mr. TONYGONZALESof
Texas, Mr. H
UIZENGA, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr.
R
OUZER, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. EZELL, Mr. CAREY, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr.
Z
INKE, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. JOYCEof Pennsylvania, and Mr. HERN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce
A BILL
To ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected
in the Nation’s public schools.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Parents Bill of Rights 4
Act’’. 5
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 6
ELEMENTARY AND SEC-7
ONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 8
1965 9
SEC. 101. STATE PLAN ASSURANCES. 10
Section 1111(g)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 11
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(g)(2)) is amend-12
ed— 13
(1) in subparagraph (M), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 14
the end; 15
(2) in subparagraph (N), by striking the period 16
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 17
(3) by adding at the end the following: 18
‘‘(O) the State will ensure that each local 19
educational agency in the State— 20
‘‘(i) in a case in which the curriculum 21
for an elementary or secondary school 22
grade level is freely and publicly available 23
on the internet— 24
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‘‘(I) posts on a publicly accessible 1
website of the agency, such cur-2
riculum; or 3
‘‘(II) if such agency does not op-4
erate a website, widely disseminates to 5
the public such curriculum; or 6
‘‘(ii) in a case in which the curriculum 7
for an elementary or secondary school 8
grade level is not freely and publicly avail-9
able on the internet— 10
‘‘(I) posts on a publicly accessible 11
website of the agency— 12
‘‘(aa) a description of such 13
curriculum; and 14
‘‘(bb) information on how 15
parents can review such cur-16
riculum as described in section 17
1112(e)(1)(A); or 18
‘‘(II) if such agency does not op-19
erate a website, widely disseminates to 20
the public the description and infor-21
mation described in items (aa) and 22
(bb) of subclause (I); and 23
‘‘(P) in the case of any revisions to the 24
State’s challenging State academic standards 25
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(including any revisions to the levels of achieve-1
ment within the State’s academic achievement 2
standards), the State educational agency will 3
post to the homepage of its website, and widely 4
disseminate to the public, notice of such revi-5
sions and a copy of such revisions, except that 6
the State educational agency shall not be re-7
quired to submit such notice or such revisions 8
to the Secretary.’’. 9
SEC. 102. ANNUAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY REPORT 10
CARDS. 11
Section 1111(h)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary 12
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(2)) is amended 13
by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph: 14
‘‘(E) B
UDGET.—Each local educational 15
agency report card shall include the budget for 16
the school year for which such report card is 17
being prepared (including all revenues and ex-18
penditures (including expenditures made to pri-19
vate entities)) for the local educational agency 20
as a whole, and for each elementary school and 21
secondary school served by the local educational 22
agency.’’. 23
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SEC. 103. LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLAN ASSUR-1
ANCES. 2
Section 1112(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 3
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(c)) is amended— 4
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 5
end; 6
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 7
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 8
(3) by adding at the end the following: 9
‘‘(8) meet the requirements described in section 10
1111(g)(2)(O); and 11
‘‘(9) post on a publicly accessible website of the 12
local educational agency or, if the local educational 13
agency does not operate a website, widely dissemi-14
nate to the public, the plan for carrying out the par-15
ent and family engagement described in section 16
1116 and all policies and procedures that result 17
from such engagement.’’. 18
SEC. 104. PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW. 19
Section 1112(e) of the Elementary and Secondary 20
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(e)) is amended— 21
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 22
and (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (6), respec-23
tively; 24
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-25
designated), the following: 26
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‘‘(1) NOTICE OF RIGHTS.—A local educational 1
agency receiving funds under this part shall ensure 2
that each elementary school and secondary school 3
served by such agency posts on a publicly accessible 4
website of the school or, if the school does not oper-5
ate a website, widely disseminates to the public, a 6
summary notice of the right of parents to informa-7
tion about their children’s education as required 8
under this Act, which shall be in an understandable 9
format for parents and include, at minimum— 10
‘‘(A) the right to review the curriculum of 11
their child’s school; 12
‘‘(B) the right to know if the State alters 13
the State’s challenging State academic stand-14
ards; 15
‘‘(C) the right to meet with each teacher of 16
their child not less than twice during each 17
school year in accordance with paragraph 18
(5)(A); 19
‘‘(D) the right to review the budget, in-20
cluding all revenues and expenditures, of their 21
child’s school; 22
‘‘(E) the right to a list of the books and 23
other reading materials contained in the library 24
of their child’s school; 25
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‘‘(F) the right to address the school board 1
of the local educational agency; 2
‘‘(G) the right to information about violent 3
activity in their child’s school; and 4
‘‘(H) the right to information about any 5
plans to eliminate gifted and talented programs 6
in the child’s school.’’; 7
(3) in paragraph (2)(B) (as redesignated by 8
paragraph (1))— 9
(A) by redesignating clause (i) and clause 10
(ii) as subclause (I) and subclause (II), respec-11
tively; 12
(B) by striking ‘‘(B) A
DDITIONAL INFOR-13
MATION.—’’ and inserting: 14
‘‘(B) A
DDITIONAL INFORMATION .— 15
‘‘(i) I
N GENERAL.—’’; and 16
(C) by adding at the end the following: 17
‘‘(ii) S
CHOOL LIBRARY.—A local edu-18
cational agency receiving funds under this 19
part shall ensure that each elementary 20
school and secondary school served by such 21
agency provides, at the beginning of each 22
school year, the parents of a child who is 23
a student in such school a list of books and 24
other reading materials available to the 25
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students of such school in the school li-1
brary. 2
‘‘(iii) V
IOLENT ACTIVITY.—A local 3
educational agency receiving funds under 4
this part shall ensure that each elementary 5
school and secondary school served by such 6
agency provides the parents of a child who 7
is a student in such school timely notifica-8
tion of any violent activity occurring on 9
school grounds or at school-sponsored ac-10
tivities in which one or more individuals 11
suffer injuries, except that such notifica-12
tion shall not contain names or the grade 13
level of any students involved in the activ-14
ity. 15
‘‘(iv) G
IFTED AND TALENTED PRO -16
GRAMS.—A local educational agency receiv-17
ing funds under this part shall ensure that 18
each elementary school and secondary 19
school served by such agency provides the 20
parents of a child who is a student in such 21
school timely notification of any plan to 22
eliminate gifted and talented programs in 23
such school.’’; and 24
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(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) (as redesig-1
nated by paragraph (1)) the following: 2
‘‘(5) T
RANSPARENCY.—A local educational 3
agency receiving funds under this part shall provide 4
the parents of a child who is a student in an elemen-5
tary school or secondary school served by such agen-6
cy— 7
‘‘(A)(i) the opportunity to meet in-person 8
with each teacher of such child not less than 9
twice during each school year; and 10
‘‘(ii) a notification, at the beginning of 11
each school year, of the opportunity for such 12
meetings; and 13
‘‘(B) the opportunity to address the school 14
board of such local educational agency on issues 15
impacting the education of children in such 16
agency.’’. 17
SEC. 105. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FIRST AMENDMENT 18
RIGHTS. 19
Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-20
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is amended— 21
(1) by redesignating section 8549C as section 22
8549D; and 23
(2) by inserting after section 8549B the fol-24
lowing new section: 25
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‘‘SEC. 8549C. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FIRST AMENDMENT 1
RIGHTS. 2
‘‘(a) F
INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 3
‘‘(1) Parents have a First Amendment right to 4
express their opinions on decisions made by State 5
and local education leaders. 6
‘‘(2) States and local educational agencies 7
should empower parents to communicate regularly 8
with Federal, State, and local policymakers and edu-9
cators regarding the education and well-being of 10
their children. 11
‘‘(3) Transparent and cooperative relationships 12
between parents and schools have significant and 13
long-lasting positive effects on the development of 14
children. 15
‘‘(4) Parents’ concerns over content and peda-16
gogy deserve to be heard and fully considered by 17
school professionals. 18
‘‘(5) Parent and other community input about 19
schools that is presented in a lawful and appropriate 20
manner should always be encouraged. 21
‘‘(6) Educators, policymakers, and other stake-22
holders should never seek to criminalize the lawfully 23
expressed concerns of parents about their children’s 24
education. 25
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‘‘(b) SENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-1
gress that the First Amendment guarantees parents and 2
other stakeholders the right to assemble and express their 3
opinions on decisions affecting their children and commu-4
nities, and that educators and policymakers should wel-5
come and encourage that engagement and consider that 6
feedback when making decisions.’’. 7
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO 8
FERPA AND PPRA 9
SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL 10
RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT OF 1974. 11
(a) E
NFORCEMENT.—Section 444(f) of the General 12
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (also known 13
as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 14
1974’’) (20 U.S.C. 1232g(f)) is amended by adding at the 15
end the following: ‘‘The Secretary shall comply with the 16
reporting requirement under section 445(e)(2)(C)(ii) with 17
respect to the enforcement actions taken under this sub-18
section to ensure compliance with this section.’’. 19
(b) P
ROHIBITION ONEDUCATIONALAGENCIES OR 20
I
NSTITUTIONSACTING AS ANAGENT OF APARENT.—Sec-21
tion 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 22
U.S.C. 1232g) (also known as the ‘‘Family Educational 23
Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’’) is amended by adding 24
at the end the following: 25
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‘‘(k) PROHIBITION ONEDUCATIONALAGENCIES OR 1
I
NSTITUTIONSACTING ASAGENT OF A PARENT.—An 2
educational agency or institution may not act as the agent 3
of a parent of a student in attendance at a school of such 4
agency or at such institution for purposes of providing 5
verifiable parental consent for the use of technology in the 6
classroom for purposes of educating the student without 7
providing notice and an opportunity for the parent to ob-8
ject to the use of such technology.’’. 9
(c) P
ROHIBITION ON SALE OFINFORMATION FOR 10
C
OMMERCIALPURPOSES.—Section 444 of the General 11
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (also known 12
as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 13
1974’’), as amended by this section, is further amended 14
by adding at the end the following: 15
‘‘(l) P
ROHIBITION ONSALE OFINFORMATION FOR 16
C
OMMERCIALPURPOSES.— 17
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-18
graph (2), no educational agency or institution or 19
authorized representative of such agency or institu-20
tion may sell student information for commercial or 21
financial gain. 22
‘‘(2) E
XCEPTIONS.—The prohibition described 23
in paragraph (1) shall not apply to products sold to 24
students by or on behalf of the educational agency 25
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or institution, such as yearbooks, prom tickets, and 1
school pictures.’’. 2
(d) P
ARENTALCONSULTATION.—Section 444 of the 3
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) (also 4
known as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 5
Act of 1974’’), as amended by this section, is further 6
amended by adding at the end the following: 7
‘‘(m) P
ARENTALCONSULTATION.—In developing a 8
privacy policy or procedure, an educational agency or insti-9
tution shall engage meaningfully with parents of students 10
in attendance at the schools served by such agency or in-11
stitution.’’. 12
(e) D
ISCLOSURE OFINFORMATION.—Section 444 of 13
the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) 14
(also known as the ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Pri-15
vacy Act of 1974’’), as amended by this section, is further 16
amended by adding at the end the following: 17
‘‘(n) D
ISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.—An edu-18
cational agency or institution or authorized representative 19
of such agency or institution shall, upon request from a 20
parent of a student, disclose to such parent the identity 21
of any individual or entity with whom information is 22
shared from the education record of the student or any 23
response of the student to a survey.’’. 24
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SEC. 202. PROTECTION OF PUPIL RIGHTS. 1
(a) A
VAILABILITY FORINSPECTION BYPARENTS OR 2
G
UARDIANS.—Section 445(a) of the General Education 3
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h(a)) is amended to read 4
as follows: 5
‘‘(a) A
VAILABILITY FORINSPECTION BYPARENTS OR 6
G
UARDIANS.—A local educational agency (as such term 7
is defined in subsection (c)(6)(C)) that receives funds 8
under any applicable program shall ensure that each of 9
the following shall be available for inspection by the par-10
ents or guardians of the children in attendance at the 11
schools served by such agency: 12
‘‘(1) All instructional materials, including 13
teacher’s manuals, films, tapes, or other supple-14
mentary material which will be used in such school 15
or in connection with any survey, analysis, or evalua-16
tion. 17
‘‘(2) Any books or other reading materials 18
made available to students in such school or through 19
the school library of such school.’’. 20
(b) S
INGLEISSUENOTIFICATION.—Section 445(b) of 21
the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h) 22
is amended— 23
(1) by striking ‘‘prior consent of the student’’ 24
and inserting ‘‘prior written consent of the student’’; 25
and 26
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(2) by inserting ‘‘, which is provided specifically 1
for such survey, analysis, or evaluation’’ before the 2
period at the end. 3
(c) D
EVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OFLOCALPOLI-4
CIES.—Section 445(c) of the General Education Provi-5
sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h(c)) is amended— 6
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 7
‘‘P
HYSICAL’’ and inserting ‘‘MEDICAL’’; 8
(2) in paragraph (1)— 9
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 10
(A), by striking ‘‘in consultation with parents’’ 11
and inserting ‘‘in consultation with parents in 12
accordance with paragraph (2)(A)’’; 13
(B) by amending subparagraph (C)(i) to 14
read as follows: 15
‘‘(C)(i) The right of a parent of a student 16
to inspect, upon the request of the parent, any 17
instructional material used as part of the edu-18
cational curriculum for the student, and any 19
books or other reading materials made available 20
to the student in a school served by the agency 21
or through the school library; and’’; 22
(C) by amending subparagraph (D) to read 23
as follows: 24
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‘‘(D) The administration of medical exami-1
nations or screenings that the school or agency 2
may administer to a student, including— 3
‘‘(i) prior notice to parents of such a 4
medical examination or screening, and re-5
ceipt of consent from parents before ad-6
ministering such an examination or screen-7
ing; and 8
‘‘(ii) in the event of an emergency 9
that requires a medical examination or 10
screening without time for parental notifi-11
cation and consent, the procedure for 12
promptly notifying parents of such exam-13
ination or screening subsequent to such ex-14
amination or screening.’’; and 15
(D) by amending subparagraph (E) to 16
read as follows: 17
‘‘(E) The prohibition on the collection, dis-18
closure, or use of personal information collected 19
from students for the purpose of marketing or 20
for selling that information (or otherwise pro-21
viding that information to others for that pur-22
pose), other than for a legitimate educational 23
purpose to improve the education of students as 24
described in paragraph (4), and the arrange-25
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ments to protect student privacy that are pro-1
vided by the agency in the event of such collec-2
tion, disclosure, or use for such a legitimate 3
educational purpose.’’. 4
(d) P
ARENTALNOTIFICATION.—Paragraph (2) of 5
section 445(c) of the General Education Provisions Act 6
(20 U.S.C. 1232h(c)) is amended— 7
(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 8
‘‘
CONSULTATION AND’’ before ‘‘NOTIFICATION’’; 9
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 10
(C) as subparagraphs (B) through (D), respectively; 11
(3) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)— 12
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 13
end; 14
(B) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol-15
lows: 16
‘‘(ii) in the case of an activity de-17
scribed in clause (i) or (iii) of subpara-18
graph (D), offer an opportunity and clear 19
instructions for the parent (or in the case 20
of a student who is an adult or emanci-21
pated minor, the student) to opt the stu-22
dent out of participation in such activity;’’; 23
and 24
(C) by adding at the end the following: 25
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‘‘(iii) in the case of an activity de-1
scribed in subparagraph (D)(i), a descrip-2
tion of how such activity is for a legitimate 3
educational purpose to improve the edu-4
cation of students as described in para-5
graph (4); and 6
‘‘(iv) not require a student to submit 7
to a survey described in subparagraph 8
(D)(ii) without the prior written consent of 9
the student (if the student is an adult or 10
emancipated minor), or in the case of an 11
unemancipated minor, without the prior 12
written consent of the parent, which is pro-13
vided specifically for such survey.’’; 14
(4) by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so 15
amended and redesignated), the following: 16
‘‘(A) P
ARENTAL CONSULTATION .—The pa-17
rental consultation required for the purpose of 18
developing and adopting policies under para-19
graphs (1) and (3) by a local educational agen-20
cy shall ensure that such policy is developed 21
with meaningful engagement by parents of stu-22
dents enrolled in schools served by that agen-23
cy.’’; and 24
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(5) in subparagraph (D) (as designated by 1
paragraph (2))— 2
(A) by amending clause (i) to read as fol-3
lows: 4
‘‘(i) Activities involving the collection, 5
disclosure, or use of personal information 6
collected from students for a legitimate 7
educational purpose to improve the edu-8
cation of students as described in para-9
graph (4).’’; and 10
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘invasive 11
physical’’ and inserting ‘‘medical’’. 12
(e) U
PDATES TOEXISTINGPOLICIES.—Paragraph 13
(3) of section 445(c) of the General Education Provisions 14
Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h(c)) is amended to read as follows: 15
‘‘(3) U
PDATES TO EXISTING POLICIES .— 16
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 17
days after the date of enactment of the Parents 18
Bill of Rights Act, a local educational agency 19
that receives funds under any applicable pro-20
gram shall— 21
‘‘(i) review policies covering the re-22
quirements of paragraph (1) as in effect on 23
the day before such date of enactment; and 24
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‘‘(ii) develop and update such policies 1
to reflect the changes made to paragraph 2
(1) by the amendments made by the Par-3
ents Bill of Rights Act. 4
‘‘(B) C
ONSULTATION AND NOTIFICA -5
TION.—In developing and updating the policies 6
under subparagraph (A), the agency shall com-7
ply with the consultation and notification re-8
quirements under paragraph (2).’’. 9
(f) E
XCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (4)(A) of section 10
445(c) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 11
U.S.C. 1232h(c)) is amended by amending the matter pre-12
ceding clause (i) to read as follows: 13
‘‘(A) E
DUCATIONAL PRODUCTS OR SERV -14
ICES.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(E), the 15
collection, disclosure, or use of personal infor-16
mation collected from students for a legitimate 17
educational purpose to improve the education of 18
students means the exclusive purpose of devel-19
oping, evaluating, or providing educational 20
products or services for, or to, students or 21
schools, such as the following:’’. 22
(g) D
EFINITIONS.—Paragraph (6) of section 445(c) 23
of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 24
1232h(c)) is amended— 25
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(1) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 1
follows: 2
‘‘(B) M
EDICAL EXAMINATION OR SCREEN -3
ING.—The term ‘medical examination or screen-4
ing’ means any medical examination or screen-5
ing that involves the exposure of private body 6
parts, or any act during such examination or 7
screening that includes incision, insertion, or in-8
jection into the body, or a mental health or sub-9
stance use disorder screening, except that such 10
term does not include a hearing, vision, or scoli-11
osis screening, or an observational screening 12
carried out to comply with child find obligations 13
under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-14
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).’’; and 15
(2) in subparagraph (E)— 16
(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘or’’; 17
(B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 18
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 19
(C) by adding at the end the following: 20
‘‘(v) an email address.’’. 21
(h) E
NFORCEMENT AND REPORTING.—Subsection 22
(e) of section 445 of the General Education Provisions Act 23
(20 U.S.C. 1232h) is amended to read as follows: 24
‘‘(e) E
NFORCEMENT AND REPORTING.— 25
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‘‘(1) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary shall take 1
such action as the Secretary determines appropriate 2
to enforce this section, except that action to termi-3
nate assistance provided under an applicable pro-4
gram shall be taken only if the Secretary determines 5
that— 6
‘‘(A) there has been a failure to comply 7
with such section; and 8
‘‘(B) compliance with such section cannot 9
be secured by voluntary means. 10
‘‘(2) R
EPORTING.— 11
‘‘(A) L
OCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES .— 12
On an annual basis, each local educational 13
agency (as such term is defined in subsection 14
(c)(6)(C)) that receives funds under any appli-15
cable program shall— 16
‘‘(i) without identifying any personal 17
information of a student or students, re-18
port to the State educational agency any 19
enforcement actions or investigations car-20
ried out for the preceding school year to 21
ensure compliance with this section; and 22
‘‘(ii) publish such information on its 23
website or through other public means 24
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used for parental notification if the agency 1
does not have a website. 2
‘‘(B) S
TATES.—On an annual basis, each 3
State educational agency shall provide to the 4
Secretary a report, with respect to the pre-5
ceding school year, that includes all actions 6
local educational agencies have reported under 7
subparagraph (A), and a description of the en-8
forcement actions the State educational agency 9
took to ensure parents’ rights were protected. 10
‘‘(C) S
ECRETARY.—Not later than 1 year 11
after the date of enactment of the Parents Bill 12
of Rights Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec-13
retary shall submit to the Committee on Edu-14
cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-15
resentatives and the Committee on Health, 16
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen-17
ate— 18
‘‘(i) the reports received under sub-19
paragraph (B); and 20
‘‘(ii) a description of the enforcement 21
actions taken by the Secretary under this 22
subsection and section 444(f) to ensure full 23
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compliance with this section and section 1
444, respectively.’’. 2
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