To Create The Parents And Teachers Helping Students Succeed (paths) Act.
95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
A parent shall be entitled to: [...] Remove his or her student temporarily from a class or other school activity if the class or other school activity conflicts with his or her religious or moral beliefs or if he or she deems the class or other school activity to espouse, promote, advance, or compel his or her student to adopt a critical theory concept.
A public school district board of directors and a governing body of an open-enrollment public charter school shall: [...] Not adopt procedures or student support forms that: (i) Prohibit school personnel from notifying the parent of a student regarding: (a) The student's mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being; [...] or (ii) Encourage a student to withhold information from his or her parent as it pertains to his or her mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being or a change in related services or monitoring as it pertains to him or her.
School personnel shall not discourage or prohibit parental notification of and involvement in critical decisions that affect a student's mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being.
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-02 | 09:30 | Hearing | Room 207 | Senate Education Committee |
| 2025-04-01 | 09:30 | Hearing | Room 207 | Senate Education Committee |
| 2025-04-01 | 13:30 | Hearing | Room 138 | House Management |
| 2025-04-01 | 13:30 | Hearing | Room A, MAC | Joint Budget Committee - Personnel (8:00am-9:00am) |
| 2025-03-31 | 13:30 | Hearing | Room A, MAC | Joint Budget Committee - Personnel (8:00am-9:00am) |
| 2025-03-31 | 09:30 | Hearing | Room 207 | Senate Education Committee |
| 2025-03-18 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 138 | House Education Committee |
| 2025-03-17 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 138 | House Education Committee |
| 2025-03-13 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 138 | House Education Committee |
| 2025-03-12 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 138 | House Education Committee |
| 2025-03-11 | 13:30 | Hearing | Room A, MAC | Joint Budget Committee |
| 2025-03-11 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 138 | House Education Committee |
| 2025-03-10 | 10:00 | Hearing | Room 138 | House Education Committee |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-03-20 | Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. |
| 2025-03-20 | Received from the House. |
| 2025-03-20 | Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to EDUCATION COMMITTEE - SENATE |
| 2025-03-19 | Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. |
| 2025-03-19 | Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. |
| 2025-03-19 | REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED |
| 2025-03-18 | Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1 |
| 2025-03-05 | Filed |
| 2025-03-05 | Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on EDUCATION COMMITTEE- HOUSE |