House bill would expand parental rights on social transitioning and access to records; sponsor cites penalties
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Summary
HB 2249 would expand parental rights to be notified if a school employee facilitates a minor's social transition and to review a minor's entire educational record; sponsor said the bill adds liability and proposed penalties for entities and individuals.
House staff summarized HB 22 49, which would add a parental right to be informed if a school employee facilitates social transitioning of a minor and guarantee parents access to their child's full educational records. Representative Fink, the sponsor, said the measure strengthens enforcement tools and remedies when a governmental entity or official interferes with parental rights or maintains a policy facilitating withholding information.
Fink told the caucus the bill would "ensure that parents have all access to their educational records" and described the policy as filling a current enforcement gap. When asked about penalties, the sponsor said the bill contemplates fines roughly in the scale of "about a half 1,000,000 to the entity, and then also 20,000 to the individual," which the sponsor offered as the enforcement mechanism discussed in committee.
The caucus did not conduct a final vote on the item during the meeting; staff placed the bill on the third-read consent calendar and asked members to follow up with the sponsor with any detailed questions.
