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Board reviews large revision to Parental Rights policy, including opt-out and notice provisions
Summary
A proposed overhaul of KAB (Parental Rights) was presented for first reading. The draft would expand parents' rights to inspect third-party surveys and instructional materials, allow opt-outs of covered activities, and require up to two weeks' notice for instruction involving human reproduction or sexual matters.
Board members reviewed a proposed revision to policy KAB at the Sept. 16 meeting that the draft frames around ESSA and state law. The draft clarifies parents’ rights to inspect third-party surveys and instructional materials before they are administered, to opt a student out of covered activities (including certain surveys and collection of personal information for marketing), and to request excusal from nonemergency invasive physical examinations.
The draft also includes procedural requirements: notice timing for covered activities, a mechanism to request review of materials, and a provision requiring written parental permission before changing a student’s name or pronoun for school use. The board did not adopt the policy and directed staff to publish the draft for review prior to further consideration.
