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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2417
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE LOY .
5805H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 161, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a parents' bill of
rights.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 161, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 161.1 140, to read as follows:
161.1 140. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Par ents' Bill
2 of Rights Act of 2026".
3 2. No school district or charter school shall deny to the par ent or guardian of a
4 minor child any or all of the following rights:
5 (1) The right to fully review , upon req uest, and make copies of, the curricula,
6 books, and other educational materials used by the school attended by their minor child.
7 This right shall be understood to:
8 (a) Include a right to affirmative disclosur e of class syllabi and read ing lists to
9 the paren t or guardian of a minor child by the school attended by their minor child; and
10 (b) Pr ohibit a requ irem ent that an individual sign a nondisclosure agreement as
11 a condition of viewing curricular materials;
12 (2) The right to access information, upon request , about who is teaching their
13 minor child including, but not limited to, guest lecturers and outside pr esenters. This
14 right shall be understood to pr ohibit schools fro m permitting or req uiring the
15 attendance of minor children at school assemblies, field trips, and other extracurricular
16 activities that pertain to diversity , equity , and inclusion initiatives, absent affirmative
17 consent fr om their paren t or guardian;
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (3) The right to access financial information, upon request , on all third-party
19 individuals and organizations that receive contracts or other funding thr ough the school
20 attended by their minor child, pr ovided that no personally identifiable information
21 about any student shall be rel eased;
22 (4) The right to visit their minor child at school during school hours subject to
23 rules and r egulations established by the school;
24 (5) The right to access all student rec ords pertaining to their minor child
25 generated by the school attended by their minor child or the school district that serves
26 such school that concerns their minor child;
27 (6) The right to r eceive information, upon re quest, about the collection of their
28 minor child's data and transmission of such data to entities outside the school district or
29 charter school;
30 (7) The right to be heard at school board meetings or other governance hearings
31 pertaining to the school attended by their minor child or the school district that serves
32 such school. This right shall be understood to requ ire that school board meetings or
33 other governance hearings pertaining to curricula and school safety be conducted
34 publicly and allow for public comments;
35 (8) The right to be notified of situations affecting the safety of their minor child
36 at school. This right shall be understood to req uire, but is not limited to req uiring, that
37 schools notify par ents or guardians within forty-eight hours of any or all of the following
38 incidents that r esult in arres t:
39 (a) Physical assaults occurring on school premis es;
40 (b) Sexual assaults occurring on school premis es;
41 (c) Appearances of a deadly weapon, as such term is described in section
42 556.061, on school pre mises;
43 (d) Drug use or possession on school premis es;
44 (e) Police investigations on school premis es; and
45 (f) Felonies committed by teachers or other school or school district employees,
46 whether such offenses wer e committed on or off the campus of a school; and
47 (9) The right to object to the instructional materials pertaining to diversity ,
48 equity , and inclusion used in their child's classr oom based on the par ent's beliefs that
49 such materials are inapprop riate for whatever reas on and to be assur ed that such
50 objectionable materials are not taught to the par ent's child.
51 3. Any person who is denied one or mor e of the rights identified in subsection 2
52 of this section may bring a complaint with the pr osecuting attorney of a county in which
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53 the school district operates. The pr osecuting attorney may bring a civil action in a court
54 of competent jurisdiction to obtain injunctive relief.
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