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Committee deadlocks on parental access bill for sexual health materials after weeks of debate
Summary
AB 281, which would have clarified parentsrights to inspect and copy comprehensive sexual health instructional materials and required disclosure of outside presenterscredentials, failed in the Assembly Education Committee after a close roll call. The committee granted reconsideration.
The Assembly Education Committee on Monday failed to advance AB 281, a proposal from Assemblymember Gallagher that would have clarified parental access to comprehensive sexual health instructional materials and required school districts to disclose credentials of outside presenters. The committee vote fell short of the five votes needed to move the bill out of committee, and the author requested and received reconsideration.
AB 281 would have expressly given parents the right to inspect and copy written and audiovisual materials used in comprehensive sexual health and HIV-prevention instruction and would have required notice to include the credentials and…
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