HF172 (False House Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Parent's bill of rights created.

Related bill: SF55

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The legislative bill presented, known as the "Parents Bill of Rights," aims to solidify the rights of parents in directing the upbringing, education, and health care of their minor children (defined as individuals aged 17 years or younger) in the state of Minnesota. Key provisions in this bill include:

  1. Educational Direction: Parents have the right to decide the type of education their child receives, whether it be in public, charter, private schools, or through home education.
  2. Privacy and Record Access: Parents can access and oversee their child’s school records and medical records, ensuring their privacy.
  3. Health Care Decisions: Parents have the right to give informed consent for their child’s health care decisions, including choosing health care providers and consenting to or declining medical interventions.
  4. Moral and Religious Training: Parents can direct the moral and religious education of their child.
  5. Written Consents: The bill stipulates that written consent from parents is required before any biometric scanning, pharmaceutical treatments, surgical procedures, or the collection and storage of the child’s blood or DNA, except in emergency situations or if required by law.
  6. Protection of Information: The bill restricts any unauthorized recording or sharing of the child's biometric data or creating voice or video recordings without parental consent, with certain exceptions related to school safety or instructional purposes.
  7. Notification of Criminal Offenses: Parents must be promptly notified if there is a suspicion of a criminal offense committed against their child by someone other than the parent.
  8. Discipline for Violations: Attempts by state employees or others to encourage a child to withhold information from their parents, or to coerce or discriminate against parents for exercising their rights, are grounds for discipline.

The bill emphasizes that these rights do not allow parents to abuse or neglect their children and that these rights do not interfere with the duties and authorities of courts, law enforcement, or government agencies when acting within their official capacities. This Parents Bill of Rights seeks to ensure that unless a parental right is legally waived or terminated, parents maintain comprehensive rights over the care and upbringing of their minor children.

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