SB 318 - This act creates the "Empowering Missouri Parents Act". Under this act, no school district shall deny to the parent or guardian of a minor child certain rights. Such rights includes the right to transparent access to school and school district curricula and lesson plans, academic performance information, financial information, contract negotiations between the district and labor organizations, as well as the right to choose existing educational options that best suit the learning needs of their children, the right to opt their children out of classroom for presentations with which they disagree, the right to control their children's likeness in district materials, and the right to control their children's health and identifying markers. Any person denied one of these rights may bring a civil action for injunctive relief. Further, the attorney general may also bring a civil action for injunctive relief. If a school district is found to have violated this act, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education may withhold up to fifty percent of the state aid for such district.
OLIVIA SHANNON