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H.R.1854
Sponsor: Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4] (introduced 5/15/2001)
Latest Major Action: 7/16/2001 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Title: To amend the General Education Act to allow parents access to certain information about their children.
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TITLE(S):  (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
STATUS: (color indicates Senate actions)
5/15/2001:
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
7/16/2001:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
COMMITTEE(S):
RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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COSPONSORS(14), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Barr, Bob - 5/15/2001 [GA-7] Rep Burton, Dan - 5/15/2001 [IN-6]
Rep English, Phil - 5/15/2001 [PA-21] Rep Graham, Lindsey O. - 5/15/2001 [SC-3]
Rep Gutknecht, Gil - 5/15/2001 [MN-1] Rep Hoekstra, Peter - 5/15/2001 [MI-2]
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. - 5/15/2001 [NC-3] Rep Lewis, Ron - 5/15/2001 [KY-2]
Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 5/15/2001 [PA-16] Rep Ryun, Jim - 5/15/2001 [KS-2]
Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 5/15/2001 [NJ-4] Rep Stearns, Cliff - 5/15/2001 [FL-6]
Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. - 5/15/2001 [CO-6] Rep Weldon, Dave - 5/15/2001 [FL-15]

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/15/2001--Introduced.

Parental Freedom of Information Act - Amends the General Education Provisions Act to require educational agencies or institutions, as a condition for receiving funds for applicable programs, to: (1) neither deny nor prevent the exercise of parental rights to review and inspect instructional materials used in their children's educational curricula; and (2) obtain parental consent before seeking specified types of information from minors, and before performing non-emergency medical psychological, or psychiatric examination, testing, treatment, or immunization of minors.