Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that establishes a Parents Bill of Right's for students in elementary and secondary schools.

Highlights:

• Establishes the following parental rights to be reserved for every parent of a child in the state of Kansas, including the right to (Sec. 1):

• Direct the education and care of their child;

• Direct the upbringing and the moral or religious training of their child;

• Request, access, and inspect all written and electronic records maintained by the school relating to their child;

• Be informed of and inspect the curriculum, instructional materials, and any other materials that are made available or taught to their child in school;

• Attend publicly designated meeting of the local school board and the right to question and address school officials during designated public comment periods or through letters, electronic communications, or in-person meetings;

• Make healthcare and medical decisions for their child;

• Expect their child and each teacher and educator of their child from being compelled to affirm, believe, profess, or adhere to any idea that violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964;

• Expect their childs school from contracting with teacher professional development providers that promote racially essentialist doctrines or practices that have been held to violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964;

• Expect their childs teacher or educator to present facts without distortion, bias, or personal prejudice;

• Expect their childs teacher or educator to eliminate coercion that forces teachers and educators to support actions and ideologies that violate individual professional integrity; and

• Assert any other inalienable or constitutional right that is reserved to the parent and the child pursuant to state or federal law.

• Specifies that this bill shall take effect after its publication into the statute book (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that establishes a Parents Bill of Right's for students in elementary and secondary schools.

Highlights:

• Establishes the following parental rights to be reserved for every parent of a child in the state of Kansas, including the right to (Sec. 1):

• Direct the education and care of their child;

• Direct the upbringing and the moral or religious training of their child;

• Request, access, and inspect all written and electronic records maintained by the school relating to their child;

• Be informed of and inspect the curriculum, instructional materials, and any other materials that are made available or taught to their child in school;

• Attend publicly designated meeting of the local school board and the right to question and address school officials during designated public comment periods or through letters, electronic communications, or in-person meetings;

• Make healthcare and medical decisions for their child;

• Expect their child and each teacher and educator of their child from being compelled to affirm, believe, profess, or adhere to any idea that violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964;

• Expect their childs school from contracting with teacher professional development providers that promote racially essentialist doctrines or practices that have been held to violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964;

• Expect their childs teacher or educator to present facts without distortion, bias, or personal prejudice;

• Expect their childs teacher or educator to eliminate coercion that forces teachers and educators to support actions and ideologies that violate individual professional integrity; and

• Assert any other inalienable or constitutional right that is reserved to the parent and the child pursuant to state or federal law.

• Specifies that this bill shall take effect after its publication into the statute book (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly