T33CH60

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33-6001

TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 60 PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION 33-6001. PARENTAL rights. (1) A student’s parent or legal guardian has the right to reasonable academic accommodation from the child’s public school. Reasonable academic accommodation means the school shall make its best effort to enable parents and legal guardians to exercise their rights without substantial impact to staff and resources, including employee working conditions, safety and supervision on school premises for school activities, and the efficient allocation of expenditures, while balancing the parental rights of parents and legal guardians, the educational needs of other students, the academic and behavioral impacts to a classroom, a teacher’s workload, and the assurance of the safe and efficient operations of the school. (2) School districts and the boards of directors of public charter schools, in consultation with parents, teachers, and administrators, shall develop and adopt a policy to promote the involvement of parents and legal guardians of children enrolled in the schools within the school district or the charter school, including: (a) A plan for parent participation in the schools that is designed to improve parent and teacher cooperation in areas such as homework, attendance, and discipline; (b) A process by which parents may learn about the course of study for their children and review learning materials, including the source of any supplemental educational materials; (c) A process by which parents who object to any learning material or activity on the basis that it harms the child or impairs the parents’ firmly held beliefs, values, or principles may withdraw their child from the activity, class, or program in which the material is used; (d) The public school’s responsibility for notifying a student’s parent or legal guardian regarding known changes in the student’s mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being; (e) The reinforcement of the fundamental rights and responsibilities of parents as primary stakeholders to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control of the parent’s child; and (f) A process for staff to encourage students to discuss issues related to the student’s well-being with the student’s parent or legal guardian and, if necessary, to facilitate discussion of the issues with the parent or legal guardian. (3) A policy shall not prohibit parents or legal guardians from accessing any of their children’s education and health records created, maintained, or used by the public school unless such documentation relates to physical abuse, abandonment, or neglect by the parent or legal guardian. Unless a timeline is otherwise delineated in a specific applicable state or federal law, records shall be provided to the parent or legal guardian within five (5) school days after a request to access such records is made. (4) A public school shall not adopt procedures, policies, or student support forms that prohibit public school personnel from notifyi

33-6002

TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 60 PARENTAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION 33-6002. annual notice of parental rights. School districts and the boards of directors of public charter schools shall annually notify a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school district or public charter school of the parent’s or guardian’s rights as specified in this chapter. History: [(33-6002) 33-5602, added 2016, ch. 143, sec. 1, p. 411; am. and redesig. 2017, ch. 58, sec. 15, p. 110.]