Requires prior written consent before schools can require students to take surveys, analyses, or evaluations that reveal personal information about the student or their family.

Official title: Parents Opt-in Protection Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 15-AUG-2025

Referred 15-AUG-2025

Approved by committee 21-JUL-2026

Reported 24-SEP-2026

On the calendar 24-SEP-2026

Key points

Amends Section 445 of the General Education Provisions Act, the federal pupil rights provision.
Requires prior written consent, specific to each survey, before a student must submit to one that reveals personal information about the student or family.
Requires consent from the student if an adult or emancipated minor, or from the parent if an unemancipated minor.
Is titled the Parents Opt-in Protection Act.

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Policy area

Education

Sponsor Mary E. Miller (R-IL) Cosponsors · 16

■ 16 R

16 Republicans

congress.gov page Reported in House (24-SEP-2026) Introduced in House (15-AUG-2025)