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Bill Text - AB-1785 California Parents' Bill of Rights Act. - California Legislative Information

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced by Assembly Member Davies
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gallagher, Kiley, Lackey, Mathis, Nguyen, Seyarto, Smith, and Voepel)
(Coauthor: Senator Dahle)

February 03, 2022

An act to add Section 49.1 to the Civil Code, and to add Article 2 (commencing with Section 51110) to Chapter 1.5 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to parental rights.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1785, as introduced, Davies. California Parents’ Bill of Rights Act.

Existing law provides for certain personal rights by statute, including the right to protection from bodily restraint or harm, from personal insult, from defamation, and from injury to personal relations.

Under this bill, known as the California Parents’ Bill of Rights, the state would recognize certain rights, including, among others, the right of a parent or guardian to advise on the moral or religious training of their minor child. The bill would specify that the recognition of those rights does not preclude an employee of a local educational agency, as defined, from acting in the employee’s official capacity within the scope of the employee’s authority.

Existing law provides a parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a public school the right to participate in the education of their children, as specified, including, among others, the right to observe their child’s classroom within a reasonable period of time following a request therefor.

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