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Committee adopts technical changes to 'parental rights' bill, rejects passage as amended after debate on private schools, mental‑health confidentiality and fees
Summary
Senate Bill 72, which would require schools to provide written notice to parents of certain statutory rights and set consent rules for medical and mental‑health interventions, drew lengthy committee debate; members adopted technical fixes but voted in executive session not to pass the bill as amended.
Senate Bill 72, a proposed statute that would codify a set of parental rights in the school setting and require written notice to parents, was the subject of extended committee debate and multiple technical amendments before the committee voted not to advance the bill as amended.
The bill as presented would require school districts to provide written notice to parents of a statutory "bill of rights" for students, list statutes and federal provisions governing disclosure (including seclusion and restraint notices), and set conditions under which school officials could proceed without parental consent for certain medical or mental‑health procedures. It also included a provision regarding recovery of attorney fees in some cases; committee members removed that provision during discussion.
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