Parental bill of rights
Establishes a parental bill of rights. Parents, not the state, should direct their children’s upbringing, education, and care.
Parental rights
Repeal childhood vaccine requirements
Would repeal statutory immunization requirements for children. Killed in the House. Parents should make vaccine decisions for their children.
Establish a Parents’ Bill of Rights
Establishes a “Parents’ Bill of Rights.” Parents, not the state, should direct the upbringing and education of their children.
Education savings accounts
The bill would create an education savings account program for students not enrolled in public school or a homeschool program. School choice funding can help families but can also bring regulation, so CODR is watching.
Notify families of vaccine exemptions
Directs the department of health and human services to provide notice of medical and religious exemptions from immunization requirements, and addresses notice of drug pricing options. Families should be clearly told about the exemptions available to them.
Opt-out procedure for required vaccines
The bill creates an opt-out procedure for required vaccines. Families should be able to decline vaccines without unnecessary barriers.
Allow religious and conscience vaccine exemptions
Exempts a child from school or college vaccine requirements if a parent submits a letter or affidavit stating which vaccines were declined for religious, philosophical, or conscientious reasons. Parents should be able to decline vaccines that conflict with their beliefs without losing access to school.
Require homeschool academic file submissions
Requires compulsory school attendance enforcement to use licensed social workers and requires parents of homeschooled children to submit academic files. Parents, not the state, should oversee their children’s home education without new reporting rules.
Protect vaccine exemptions from stricter rules
Would prohibit rules more stringent than the vaccine exemptions in statute, and rules excluding individuals from school as a disease control measure. Exemptions set in law should not be narrowed by agency rules.
Change vaccine exemption forms
Would modify exemptions to immunization requirements to require the use of forms created by the state health department. CODR is watching whether this makes exemptions harder for families to obtain.