,,ia  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,j4 ,,res4 #cf  ,,in ,,the ,,house  
,,of ,,representatives  ,january #cj1   
#bjai,mr4 ,banks 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,mooney of ,west ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,posey1
 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,duncan1 ,mr4    
,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4
 ,watkins1 ,mrs4 ,lesko1 ,mr4 ,wright1  
,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4         
,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 and ,mr4         
,walberg7 submitted the following joint 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,,joint   
,,resolution  ,proposing an amendment to
 the ,constitution of the ,united       
,states relating to parental rights4    
,that the following article is proposed 
as an amendment to the ,constitution of 
the ,united ,states1 which shall be     
valid to all intents and purposes as    
part of the ,constitution when ratified 
by the legislatures of three-fourths of 
the several ,states3   --  #a4 ,the     
liberty of parents to direct the        
upbringing1 education1 and care of their

 children is a fundamental right4  #b4  
,the parental right to direct education 
includes the right to choose1 as an     
alternative to public education1        
private1 religious1 or home schools1 and
 the right to make reasonable choices   
within public schools for one's child4  
#c4 ,neither the ,united ,states nor any
 ,state shall infringe these rights     
without demonstrating that its          
governmental interest as applied to the 
person is of the highest order and not  
otherwise served4  #d4 ,the parental    
rights guaranteed by this article shall 
not be denied or abridged on account of 
disability4  #e4 ,this article shall not
 be construed to apply to a parental    
action or decision that would end life4 
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