,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ag1 
#bjba,mr4 ,hawley introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,elementary and   
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife to  
provide for a ,parents' ,bill of        
,rights4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,parents' ,bill of  
,rights ,act of #bjba4  #b4 ,parents'   
,bill of ,rights  7a7 ,in general       
,subpart #b of part ,f of title ,,viii  
of the ,elementary and ,secondary       
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#gija et seq47 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #hedi;,d4       
,parents' ,bill of ,rights  7a7 ,in     
general ,no ,state1 its agents1 its     
subdivisions1 or the agents of its      
subdivisions shall deny to the parent or
 guardian of a minor child any or all of
 the following rights3 7#a7 ,the right  

to fully review1 in physical or digital 
optical character recognition format1   
and make copies of1 the curricula1      
books1 and other educational materials  
used by the school attended by their    
minor child or local educational agency 
that serves such school4 ,this right    
shall be understood to-- 7,a7 include a 
right to affirmative disclosure of class
 syllabi and reading lists to the parent
 or guardian of a minor child by the    
school attended by their minor child or 
local educational agency that serves    
such school2 and  7,b7 prohibit a       
requirement that an individual sign a   
nondisclosure agreement as a condition  
to viewing or otherwise accessing       
curricular materials4  7#b7 ,the right  
to access information on the teachers1  
guest lecturers1 and outside presenters 
who engage with students at the school  
attended by their minor child4 ,this    
right shall be understood to prohibit   
schools from permitting or requiring the
 attendance of minor children at school 

assemblies1 field trips1 and other      
extracurricular activities1 absent      
affirmative consent from their parent or
 guardian4  7#c7 ,the right to access   
information on all third-party          
individuals and organizations that      
receive contracts or other funding      
through the school attended by their    
minor child or the local educational    
agency that serves such school4  7#d7   
,the right to visit their minor child at
 school during school hours4  7#e7 ,the 
right to access all records generated by
 the school attended by their minor     
child or the local educational agency   
that serves such school that concerns   
their minor child4  7#f7 ,the right to  
access information pertaining to the    
collection and transmission of data     
regarding their minor child by the      
school attended by their minor child or 
the local educational agency that serves
 such school4 ,this right shall be      
understood to-- 7,a7 include a right to 
access information on any outside       

entity1 including an accreditor1        
marketing consultancy1 or third-party   
clearinghouse1 to which student data1   
whether anonymized or not1 is           
transferred2  7,b7 prohibit the         
collection1 by the school attended by   
their minor child or the local          
educational agency that serves such     
school1 of any biometric data or other  
sensitive personal information from the 
minor child1 absent affirmative consent 
by a parent or guardian of the minor    
child2 and  7,c7 require that schools   
and local educational agencies serving  
such schools make available processes by
 which the parent or guardian of a minor
 child can object in writing to1 and    
deny consent to1 the use of             
videographic1 photographic1 or audio    
depictions of their minor child by the  
school or local educational agency      
serving such school4  7#g7 ,the right to
 be heard at school board meetings or   
other governance hearings pertaining to 
the school attended by their minor child

 or the local educational agency that   
serves such school4 ,this right shall be
 understood to require that school board
 meetings or other governance hearings  
pertaining to curricula1 safety1 and    
other student issues be conducted       
publicly and allow for public comments4 
7#h7 ,the right to be notified of       
situations affecting the safety of their
 minor child at school4 ,this right     
shall be understood to require1 but is  
not limited to requiring1 that schools  
notify parents or guardians in a timely 
manner of any or all of the following   
incidents3 7,a7 ,physical assaults      
occurring in or around the school4  7,b7
 ,sexual assaults occurring in or around
 the school4  7,c7 ,appearances of      
weapons in or around the school4  7,d7  
,drug use or possession in or around the
 school4  7,e7 ,police investigations in
 or around the school4  7,f7 ,crimes1   
including misdemeanors1 committed by    
teachers or other school or local       
educational agency employees1 whether   

such offenses were committed on or off  
the campus of a school4  7b7            
,enforcement  7#a7 ,civil action ,any   
person who is denied one or more of the 
rights identified in subsection 7a7 may 
bring a civil action in any court of    
competent jurisdiction for injunctive   
relief4  7#b7 ,state enforcement ,in any
 case in which the attorney general of a
 ,state has reason to believe that an   
interest of the residents of that ,state
 has been or is threatened or adversely 
affected by the engagement of any entity
 in an act or practice denying one or   
more of the rights identified in        
subsection 7a71 the ,state1 as parens   
patriae1 may bring a civil action on    
behalf of the residents of the ,state in
 a district court of the ,united ,states
 or a ,state court of appropriate       
jurisdiction to obtain injunctive       
relief4  7#c7 ,withholding of funds for 
persistent violations  7,a7 ,in general 
,if a ,state is not in compliance1 as   
described in subparagraph 7,b71 for a   

fiscal year the ,secretary shall        
withhold from the ,state #ej percent of 
the total amount required to be         
apportioned to the ,state or any        
subdivision of the ,state under this    
,act on the first day of the following  
fiscal year4  7,b7 ,noncompliance ,a    
,state shall be deemed noncompliant for 
a fiscal year for purposes of this      
paragraph if1 within the #e-year period 
before the date of the determination1   
there was not less than #c final        
judgments 7that were not reversed on    
appeal7 in separate suits for injunctive
 relief filed pursuant to paragraph 7#a7
 or 7#b71 or both1 in which the         
plaintiffs prevailed against the ,state1
 its agents1 its subdivisions1 or the   
agents of its subdivisions1 and in which
 the court granted injunctive relief4  4
  7b7 ,table of contents ,the table of  
contents in section #b of the           
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife is amended by inserting   
after the item relating to section      

#hedi;,c the following3  ,sec4 #hedi;,d4
 ,parents' ,bill of ,rights4  4