A new bill in the Utah Legislature would give parents the authorization to sue schools or education officials for any perceived infringement of their rights as a parent.
l-r Sen. Michael McKell, R-Spanish Fork speaks with Sen. John Johnson, R-Ogden, during Senate floor time at the Legislative Session, Jan. 25, 2022.from Sen. John Johnson, R-Ogden, gives parents blanket legal standing “obtain judicial and other legal relief,” to exercise their rights as a parent.
Johnson’s bill is stuffed with language to make it crystal clear that parents are the ultimate authority when it comes to the education of their children. Parents have the “primary authority and responsibility for the education” of their children, and the only job of state and local government is to “support and assist” rather than “interfere or conflict with” parents. The Legislature, school boards and public schools are given the mission to “respect” and “protect” the interest of parents.
One group Johnson excluded from discussions on the proposal was the Utah Education Association, the state’s largest teacher’s union. The first time they saw the bill was when it was made public this week.
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