SB1229 requires an LEA or public charter school to notify a student’s parent or guardian prior to commencing instruction of a “sexual orientation or gender identity” curriculum. It also permits a parent or guardian to excuse their child from such instruction.
The House passed SB1229 on April 14, 2021, by a vote of 64 to 23. We have assigned pluses to the ayes because a child’s education is the responsibility of--and a fundamental right of choice retained by--the parents, not the government. Parental rights, as with all other constitutional rights, are protected by the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
