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HR 4986 Advanced toward a vote

Requires prior written consent before schools can require students to take surveys, analyses, or evaluations that reveal personal information about the student or their family.

Official title: Parents Opt-in Protection Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
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House
Introduced 15-AUG-2025
Referred 15-AUG-2025
Approved by committee 21-JUL-2026
Reported 24-SEP-2026
On the calendar 24-SEP-2026
Key points
  • Amends Section 445 of the General Education Provisions Act, the federal pupil rights provision.
  • Requires prior written consent, specific to each survey, before a student must submit to one that reveals personal information about the student or family.
  • Requires consent from the student if an adult or emancipated minor, or from the parent if an unemancipated minor.
  • Is titled the Parents Opt-in Protection Act.
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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Education

Sponsor Mary E. Miller (R-IL) Cosponsors · 16
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