2025 SESSION
INTRODUCED
25102827D
HOUSE BILL NO. 2373
Offered January 8, 2025
Prefiled January 8, 2025
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 22.1-1.1, relating to public elementary and secondary school students; parents' bill of rights established.
PatronHiggins
Committee Referral Pending
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 22.1-1.1 as follows:
22.1-1.1. Parents' bill of rights.
Consistent with 1-240.1, the parents of each public elementary or secondary school student in the Commonwealth have the right to:
1. Review any books, curricula, or instructional materials being taught or made available to their child;
2. Opt their child out of any sexually explicit instructional material or assignments as set forth in 22.1-16.8;
3. Know who is instructing their child, including any outside presenters or lecturers;
4. Visit their child's school during school hours to meet with, or to schedule a meeting with, a school representative;
5. Review all records created or held by the school about their child;
6. Receive information regarding the collection and transmission of their child's data and opt out of any data collection without penalty to their child;
7. Be notified of, review ahead of time, and opt their child out of any surveys offered to them by any school representative;
8. Be notified of any situation that directly affects their child's safety at school;
9. Be made aware of any counseling services that their child is receiving while at school; and
10. Make all medical decisions for their child.