Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act' (PREP Act)

A bill to require educational institutions that receive Federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a parent before providing a student information regarding sex, to provide parents the opportunity to review such information, and for other purposes.

11/15/2007--Introduced.
Parents' Rights Empowerment and Protection Act (PREP Act) - Requires each preschool and elementary and secondary school that receives federal funds to obtain the affirmative, informed, written consent of a child's parent before requesting information from, or conveying information to, such child on topics relating to sex or sexuality.
Requires parents, upon their request, to be given an opportunity to review such information as well as a description of the context of, and need for, its request or conveyance.
Subjects individuals and schools to civil liability and fines for violating these consent and disclosure requirements. Makes noncompliant schools ineligible for federal funds for one year following a violation.
Amends the General Education Provisions Act to direct administrators of surveys, analyses, or evaluations that require students to reveal certain personal or familial information to obtain the prior consent of adult or emancipated students and prior written consent of minor students' parents.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Lindsey Graham [R, SC]
• and 6 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R, GA]
  • Sen. Thomas Coburn [R, OK]
  • Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
  • Sen. John Ensign [R, NV]
  • Sen. James Inhofe [R, OK]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
November 15, 2007

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• Introduced on Nov 15, 2007.
• Nov 15, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Elementary and secondary education
• Actions and defenses
• Budgets
• Civil liberties
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• Damages
• Education
• Educational accountability
• Educational research
• Educational surveys
• Elementary education
• Families
• Federal aid to education
• Fines (Penalties)
• Law
• Legal fees
• Liability (Law)
• Parent-school relationships
• Parental consent
• Preschool education
• Punitive damages
• Right of privacy
• Science policy
• Secondary education
• Sex
• Sex education
• Students' rights
• Parent and child

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