Parents’ Right to Know Act

Bill: 118-hr-6403
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2023-11-14
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Parents’ Right to Know Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires all medical or counseling records pertaining to a student to be made available for inspection by the student's parent (upon request), unless the inspection is prohibited by a protection order. <em>Medical or counseling record </em>refers to a record that is in the possession of a local educational agency and relates to the medical care or academic or mental health counseling provided to a student.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6403 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2023 Mr. Gaetz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the General Education Provisions Act to require the disclosure of student medical and counseling records to parents.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parents’ Right to Know Act . 2. Disclosure requirement Section 445 of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1232h ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking All instructional materials and inserting (1) All instructional materials ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (2) All medical or counseling records pertaining to a student shall be available for inspection by a parent of such student, upon request, unless the inspection of such record by the parent is prohibited by a protection order (as defined in section 2266 of title 18, United States Code). ; and (2) in subsection (c)(6)— (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (G) as subparagraphs (E) through (H), respectively; and (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: (D) Medical or counseling record The term medical or counseling record means a record that— (i) is in the possession of a local educational agency; and (ii) relates to medical care or academic or mental health counseling provided to a student. . 3. Implementation Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall issue or modify any rules, regulations, policies, or guidance necessary to implement the amendments made by section 2.