Parents Opt-in Protection Act
Sponsored By: Representative Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced
Summary
Requires explicit written opt-in consent before schools collect personal information about a student or their family through surveys, analyses, or evaluations. It would amend Section 445 of the General Education Provisions Act to replace "prior consent of the student" with "prior written consent" and to require consent "for such specific survey, analysis, or evaluation".
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- Parents of unemancipated minors would have to give prior written consent before a student can take surveys that ask about the student or the student’s family.
- Adult students and emancipated minors would need to provide their own prior written consent for those surveys.
- Schools and districts would be required to obtain written consent tied to each specific survey, analysis, or evaluation before collecting the covered personal information.
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Written consent for sensitive student surveys
If enacted, schools would need written permission before giving surveys that ask certain personal questions. Consent would have to be for that specific survey, not a blanket OK. Parents would have to sign for unemancipated minors. Adult students or emancipated minors would sign for themselves. Schools could not require students to take these surveys without that written consent, starting upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
IL • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
TX • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
MD • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
CO • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]
TX • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Fulcher
ID • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Babin
TX • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7]
MO • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
LA • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]
TN • R
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
AL • R
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Biggs (SC)
SC • R
Sponsored 8/26/2025
Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/3/2025
Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
AZ • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Nehls
TX • R
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Fedorchak
ND • R
Sponsored 9/15/2025
Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
UT • R
Sponsored 9/18/2025
Roll Call Votes
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