S49 - Parents' Bill of Rights. (SL 2023-106)

Overview: S.L. 2023-106, as amended by Section 7.81 of S.L. 2023-134, does the following:

• Establishes a Parents' Bill of Rights enumerating certain rights of parents related to the education, health, privacy, and safety of their child.
• Requires public school units to provide parents with information related to parental involvement in schools, legal rights for their child's education, and guides for student achievement.
• Requires public school units to provide notifications on student physical and mental health, require age-appropriate instruction on certain topics in kindergarten – fourth grade, and create remedies for parents to address concerns over implementation of these requirements.
• Requires health care practitioners to obtain written consent from the parent of a minor child before providing treatment.

This act has various effective dates. Please see full summary for more details.