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Senate sets aside bill requiring 24-hour parent notice for certain student surveys
Summary
Senate Bill 223, sponsored by Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, would require at least 24 hours' notice to parents before certain student surveys. Senators raised concerns about unintended consequences and potential liability, and the bill was set aside for future consideration.
Senate Bill 223, a proposal to require schools to notify parents at least 24 hours before administering certain surveys to students, was set aside on the Missouri Senate floor this week.
Senator Mary Elizabeth Coleman of Arnold is the bill sponsor. The bill text discussed on the floor states a school would have to notify parents at least 24 hours before giving students certain types of surveys.
During floor discussion, Senator Maggie Nirenburn of Kansas City told the sponsor she worried the bill could have unintended consequences for teachers and school staff. “But as I shared with you, I don't wanna do anything that's gonna bring additional or any ear that teachers or sponsors may have of additional suit,” she said, expressing concern about increased legal exposure. The bill was set aside for future consideration with no final vote recorded in the floor excerpt.
The transcript does not specify which categories of surveys would be covered or what penalties, if any, the bill would impose; those details were not specified in the floor discussion included in the public record excerpt.
