HR 5 · 118th Congress · Education

Parents Bill of Rights Act

Introduced 2023-03-01· Sponsored by Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]· House

Bill Progress

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2023-03-27)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2023-03-24
Roll #161
Yea 213Nay 208
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2023-03-24
Roll #161
Yea 213Nay 208
Democrats
0 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·0 Nay
FailedHouse · 2023-03-24
Roll #160
Yea 203Nay 218
Democrats
203 Yea·0 Nay
Republicans
0 Yea·218 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Parents Bill of Rights Act This bill establishes various rights of parents and guardians regarding the elementary or secondary school education of their children. Local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools must comply with the requirements of the bill in order to receive federal education funds. Specifically, the bill requires schools to notify parents and guardians of their rights regarding the education of their children. These rights include the right to review the curriculum of their child's school; know if the state alters its challenging academic standards; meet with each teacher of their child at least twice each school year; review the budget, including all revenues and expenditures, of their child's school; review a list of the books and other reading materials in the library of their child's school; address the school board of the LEA; receive information about violent activity in their child's school; and receive information about any plans to eliminate gifted and talented programs in the child's school. Additionally, the bill directs each LEA to post on a publicly accessible website (or otherwise widely disseminate to the public) the curriculum for each elementary an…

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H.R. 5, Parents Bill of Rights Act

Mar 13, 2023

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 1, 2023

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans