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2023 SESSION

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HB 1507 Public elementary and secondary schools; fundamental right of parents.

Introduced by: John J. McGuire, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Public elementary and secondary schools; fundamental right of parents. Requires each school board and employee and agent thereof to seek to ensure that the fundamental right of parents in the care and upbringing of their children is recognized and protected and also requires each local school board to provide opportunities for parental involvement in several ways, including providing to parents of students enrolled in the local school division direct access to and an opportunity to review, within a reasonable period of time after the parent so requests, the complete curricular content in the local school division and the option to opt out of policies, surveys, research studies, or programs of instruction and instructional material that are inconsistent with the parent's beliefs, values, or goals and standards for his child.

FULL TEXT

• 01/04/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103060D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/25/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23105047D-H1  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted

HISTORY

• 01/04/23  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103060D
• 01/04/23  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/23/23  House: Assigned Education sub: K-12
• 01/24/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 01/25/23  House: Reported from Education with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
• 01/25/23  House: Committee substitute printed 23105047D-H1
• 01/27/23  House: Read first time
• 01/30/23  House: Read second time
• 01/30/23  House: Committee substitute agreed to 23105047D-H1
• 01/30/23  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1507H1
• 01/31/23  House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
• 01/31/23  House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
• 02/01/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/01/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/13/23  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
• 02/16/23  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)