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Committee sends constitutional amendment to floor to recognize parental right to direct children’s education
Summary
House Joint Resolution 1, a proposed constitutional amendment to affirm parents’ right to direct the education of their children outside public schools, was sent to the House floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony from sponsors and education advocates; one committee member recorded a no vote.
The House State Affairs Committee voted to send House Joint Resolution 1 to the House floor with a due‑pass recommendation. The joint resolution would amend the state constitution to replace language permitting the legislature to require public-school attendance with a provision recognizing "the right of the people to educate their children without government regulation outside of the public school of the state shall not be infringed," according to materials presented to the committee.
Representative Dale Hawkins, the bill sponsor, said the resolution "is just recognizing the natural right" of…
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