Parental Legal Rights for Child’s Education
Parent have the legal right to:
- Make decisions for participation in reproductive health and safety education programs.
- Seek exemptions from immunization requirements.
- Review statewide standardized assessment results.
- Request an evaluation of their child for identification as a child with a disability or as academically or intellectually gifted.
- Inspect and purchase textbooks and other supplementary instructional materials.
- Access information on promotion and retention, including high school graduation requirements.
- Receive regular report cards that show academic performance, conduct, and attendance.
- Access information on the State public education system.
- Participate in parent-teacher organizations.
- Opt-in to participation in protected student information surveys in accordance with State law and opt-out of data collection in other surveys in accordance with federal law.
- Review available records of materials their child borrowed from a school library.