Bill allowing teachers to be sued for 'usurping' parental rights clears Senate [View all]

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BY: JEROD MACDONALD-EVOY - APRIL 18, 2022 4:09 PM

A bill to allow parents to sue Arizona teachers for “usurping the fundamental right” of a parent in raising their children won approval from state Senate Republicans on Monday and is one vote away from Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk.

Supporters of the bill said it was necessary to subject teachers to lawsuits in order to bring transparency to schools, which they said have been asking “inappropriate questions” of students. The main impetus for the legislation were student surveys sent out by schools — often aimed at identifying students struggling with mental health during the pandemic — that made headlines in a number of states and locally.

House Bill 2161 by Rep. Steve Kaiser, R-Phoenix, began its legislative life as a more controversial bill that would have forced teachers to tell parents everything a student tells them — including outing them if a student confides in a teacher that they are LGBTQ.

https://www.azmirror.com/blog/bill-allowing-teachers-to-be-sued-for-usurping-parental-rights-heads-to-ducey/

So if a kid comes to school with out lunch because said parents can't feed them.....does Kaiser and his gang have a plan for that.....