HB2600

THE CONTEXT: Each school district governing board, in consultation with parents, teachers and administrators must develop and adopt a policy to promote parental involvement, including procedures by which parents may learn about the nature and purpose of clubs and activities that are part of the school curriculum, extracurricular clubs and activities that have been approved by the school ( A. R.

WHAT THE BILL DID: of clubs and activities that are part of the school curriculum, extracurricular clubs and activities that have been approved by the school ( A. R.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to give students, families, and schools a clearer statewide rule for schools. It would restricts a public school from allowing a 6th, 7th or 8th grade student to participate in or join a student club or organization unless the public school first obtains written permission from the student's parent, and would also require a public school, when requesting the written parental permission, to include in the communication a description of the purpose, activities and supporters of the student club or organization, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.