After more than six hours of debate and dozens of Republican amendments, House Democrats passed a bill – at 2:15 a.m. – that would gut the parental rights initiative.
House Bill 1296:
▶️Removes a parent’s right to sue for enforcement of Initiative 2081;
▶️Increases the time for schools to share records with parents from 10 business days to 45;
▶️Removes the parental right to access certain public school records, including medical or health records, and records of any mental health counseling;
▶️Eliminates a parent’s right to be notified from public schools prior to medical services or medications being offered or referred to his/her child (even when it will cost parents);
▶️Strips the parental right to be notified and opt a child out of personally invasive surveys, assignments, role-playing activities, recordings, or other student engagements; and
▶️Removes a parent’s right to be notified if his/her child is taken or removed from a public school campus to stay at a youth shelter or “host home” as defined in RCW 74.15.020.
