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 Senate passed SB1229 on April 5, 2021, by a vote of 24 to 6. 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.