What will this bill do?

• Ensures that parents have the fundamental and exclusive right to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their child without undue interference from the state or governmental agencies.

• Requires school boards, in consultation with parents, teachers, and administrators, to develop and adopt a policy to promote the involvement of parents.

• Requires parental consent for healthcare decisions made on behalf of minors.

  Read the amended bill.

Why is this bill needed?

• In September of 2021, The National School Board Association tried to silence concerned parents by weaponizing the Department of Justice and the FBI against them. The association of legitimate parental concern with terrorism and violence reveals a contempt for parental authority as well as the extreme lengths those in power will go in order to silence dissent. Internal memos show that the Biden Administration colluded with the NSBA in this effort to weaponize the full force of the FBI and Department of Justice against law-abiding citizens exercising their right to advocate for their children.

• National headlines such as the one from The Washington Post (“Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’ school curriculum. They don’t.” ) reveal a pervasive and purposeful undermining of parental rights and responsibilities in the education of their children.

• There is a growing movement to make homeschooling appear dangerous and extreme. Some are even calling for an outright ban. Leftists believe that the state's influence and values should be equal to or supersede those of parents.

• It is the state’s obligation to secure parental rights particularly as the medical establishment continues to become increasingly more ideologically-motivated. WPATH, the world’s leading association on transgender health, recently removed minimum age requirements for “gender-affirming care” and suggests that if parents do not affirm their child’s newly chosen identity, the state may be enabled to intervene in order to assist with the child’s medical and social transition.

What is the current status of this bill?

SB 2260 failed to pass, however, a similar bill, HB 1362, is still being considered. Contact your district senator and urge them to support HB 1362.