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Sponsor seeks to add 'parents' to educator code of ethics; committee asks where to place the term
Summary
Representative Rick Ladd proposed amending the educator code of ethics to explicitly include responsibility to parents and guardians; testimony and committee discussion focused on where to insert the language so it supports but does not expand rulemaking authority in unintended ways.
Representative Rick Ladd told the House Education Policy Committee he intends HB235 to add parents and guardians to the educator code of ethics and code of conduct so those obligations are explicit in statute.
Ladd explained that the code adopted in rule contains four topical areas—responsibility to the education profession; responsibility to students; responsibility to the school community; and ethical technology use—but that the word “parent” does not appear in the statute’s…
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