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Introduced

Parents' Bill of Rights

CO · session 2024A · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Apr 8, 2024

Latest action (Apr 22, 2024) Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs

Summary

The concurrent resolution creates a parents' bill of rights and establishes certain rights for parents, including the right to: Direct the parent's child's education, upbringing, and moral or religious training; Enroll the parent's child in a public school, private school, or any other school choice option; Consent to medical or mental health-care treatment for the parent's child; Be promptly notified if an employee of the state suspects that a criminal offense has been committed against the parent's child; Consent or withhold consent to the parent's child's participation in reproductive health and safety education programs; Seek medical or religious exemptions from immunization requirements; Opt out of data collection and student information surveys; Review all available materials that the parent's child has borrowed from a school library or accessed in the classroom; Access the parent's child's education records or health records and be promptly notified of changes in the parent's child's education and health services or monitoring; and Be notified if the parent's child is experiencing gender incongruence. The concurrent resolution prohibits a health-care provider, practitioner, or facility from providing, soliciting, or arranging for the treatment of a child without first obtaining written or documented consent from the child's parent. (Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)

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Action history (2)

  1. Apr 22, 2024 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely · lower
  2. Apr 8, 2024 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs · lower

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