Parental Freedom of Information Act

Summary

Parental Freedom of Information Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to require educational agencies or institutions, as a condition for receiving funds for applicable programs, to: (1) neither deny nor prevent the exercise of parental rights to review and inspect instructional materials used in their children's educational curricula; and (2) obtain parental consent before seeking specified types of information from minors, and before performing non-emergency medical psychological, or psychiatric examination, testing, treatment, or immunization of minors.

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Timeline

1. 15 May 2001

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 15 May 2001

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 May 2001

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 16 July 2001

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 15 May 2001 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 15 May 2001

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 15 May 2001

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 15 May 2001

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Sponsors

• Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6] · R · Sponsor
• Christopher Smith · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Ryun, Jim [R-KS-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] · R · Sponsor
• WALTER JONES · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] · R · Sponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

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