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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 18, 2025
Parental Oversight and Educational Transparency Act
This bill requires local educational agencies (LEAs) to provide additional notification to, and receive written consent from, parents of students regarding certain school activities that relate to students' privacy.
Under current law, an LEA must annually notify parents of the specific or approximate dates during the school year when specified activities involving information collection, surveys, and screenings are scheduled or expected to be scheduled.
In addition to this required notification, the bill requires an LEA to directly notify a student's parent 14 days before the scheduled activity and receive written consent from the parent in order for the student to participate in the activity.
People & committees
Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] · R–WY
Legislative record
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-18 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Parental Oversight and Educational Transparency Act would require local educational agencies to directly notify parents of the date of certain school-year activities and receive parents’ written consent at least 14 days before those activities for students to participate. These requirements would supplement an existing notification requirement.
This Act may be cited as the Parental Oversight and Educational Transparency Act.
In addition to the notification required under clause (i), not later than 14 days before the specific date during the school year on which an activity described in subparagraph (C) will occur, the local educational agency shall directly notify the parent of a student of such date and receive written consent from such parent in order for such student to participate in such activity.
Section 2 would amend the General Education Provisions Act by placing the existing notification provision under an “In general” heading and adding a “Written consent required” clause. The new requirement would apply to activities described in an existing subparagraph (C), which the supplied text does not reproduce.
Section 445(c)(2)(B) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h) is amended— (1) by striking The local educational agency and inserting the following: (i) In general The local educational agency ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Written consent required
an activity described in subparagraph (C)
The local educational agency would have to directly notify a student's parent of the covered activity's date and receive that parent's written consent at least 14 days before the activity for the student to participate.
not later than 14 days before the specific date during the school year on which an activity described in subparagraph (C) will occur, the local educational agency shall directly notify the parent of a student of such date and receive written consent from such parent in order for such student to participate in such activity.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated February 11, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce on February 18, 2025. It does not establish what happened afterward.
Source snapshot updated 2026-02-11T14:57:19Z. 2025-02-18: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. 2025-02-18: Introduced in House
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