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Senate approves state family‑education privacy bill after debate over psychological testing and parental consent
Summary
Senators passed a substitute to HB403 (Utah Family Education Rights and Privacy Act) after floor debate over parental permission for psychological and psychiatric testing and certain curriculum disclosures; an amendment to fully preserve federal FERPA‑language failed and the substitute passed on recorded vote.
The Utah Senate passed First Substitute House Bill 403, described on the floor as the Utah Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, after contested debate about parental involvement in certain school testing and curriculum disclosures.
Senators questioned whether language in the bill would require parental permission before schools administer psychological or psychiatric testing and whether provisions would extend beyond the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act…
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