Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override a governors veto and pass a bill that establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4.

Highlights:

• Establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4 that requires schools alert parents before using a different name or pronoun for a student and prohibits discussion on gender identity and sexuality (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that parents have the following legal rights to their child’s education, including, but not limited to the following rights (Sec. 2):

• To consent or withhold consent for participation in reproductive health and safety education programs;

• To seek a medical or religious exemption from immunization requirements;

• To review statewide standardized assessment results as part of the state report card;

• To request an evaluation of their child for academically or intellectually gifted program, or for identification as a child with a disability; and

• To inspect and purchase public school unit textbooks and other supplementally instructional materials.

• Requires schools make the list of aforementioned rights available to parents electronically on their public school website (Sec. 2).

• Establishes that this bill will take effect July 1, 2023 (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override a governors veto and pass a bill that establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4.

Highlights:

• Establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4 that requires schools alert parents before using a different name or pronoun for a student and prohibits discussion on gender identity and sexuality (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that parents have the following legal rights to their child’s education, including, but not limited to the following rights (Sec. 2):

• To consent or withhold consent for participation in reproductive health and safety education programs;

• To seek a medical or religious exemption from immunization requirements;

• To review statewide standardized assessment results as part of the state report card;

• To request an evaluation of their child for academically or intellectually gifted program, or for identification as a child with a disability; and

• To inspect and purchase public school unit textbooks and other supplementally instructional materials.

• Requires schools make the list of aforementioned rights available to parents electronically on their public school website (Sec. 2).

• Establishes that this bill will take effect July 1, 2023 (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vetoed by Governor Roy Cooper III

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with house amendments and pass a bill that establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4.

Highlights:

• Establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4 that requires schools alert parents before using a different name or pronoun for a student and prohibits discussion on gender identity and sexuality (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that parents have the following legal rights to their child’s education, including, but not limited to the following rights (Sec. 2):

• To consent or withhold consent for participation in reproductive health and safety education programs;

• To seek a medical or religious exemption from immunization requirements;

• To review statewide standardized assessment results as part of the state report card;

• To request an evaluation of their child for academically or intellectually gifted program, or for identification as a child with a disability; and

• To inspect and purchase public school unit textbooks and other supplementally instructional materials.

• Requires schools make the list of aforementioned rights available to parents electronically on their public school website (Sec. 2).

• Establishes that this bill will take effect July 1, 2023 (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4.

Highlights:

• Establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4 that requires schools alert parents before using a different name or pronoun for a student and prohibits discussion on gender identity and sexuality (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that parents have the following legal rights to their child’s education, including, but not limited to the following rights (Sec. 2):

• To consent or withhold consent for participation in reproductive health and safety education programs;

• To seek a medical or religious exemption from immunization requirements;

• To review statewide standardized assessment results as part of the state report card;

• To request an evaluation of their child for academically or intellectually gifted program, or for identification as a child with a disability; and

• To inspect and purchase public school unit textbooks and other supplementally instructional materials.

• Requires schools make the list of aforementioned rights available to parents electronically on their public school website (Sec. 2).

• Establishes that this bill will take effect July 1, 2023 (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4.

Highlights:

• Establishes a parental bill of rights for students in grades K-4 that requires schools alert parents before using a different name or pronoun for a student and prohibits discussion on gender identity and sexuality (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that parents have the following legal rights to their child’s education, including, but not limited to the following rights (Sec. 2):

• To consent or withhold consent for participation in reproductive health and safety education programs;

• To seek a medical or religious exemption from immunization requirements;

• To review statewide standardized assessment results as part of the state report card;

• To request an evaluation of their child for academically or intellectually gifted program, or for identification as a child with a disability; and

• To inspect and purchase public school unit textbooks and other supplementally instructional materials.

• Requires schools make the list of aforementioned rights available to parents electronically on their public school website (Sec. 2).

• Establishes that this bill will take effect July 1, 2023 (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text