Sec. 572. Rights of parents of children attending schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity
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Chapter 108 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2164 the following new section: The parent of a child who attends a school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity has the following rights: The right to review the curriculum of the school. The right to be informed if the school or Department of Defense Education Activity alters the school’s academic standards or learning benchmarks. The right to meet with each teacher of their child not less than twice during each school year.
The right to review the budget, including all revenues and expenditures, of the school. The right to review all instructional materials and teacher professional development materials used by the school. The right to inspect a list of the books and other reading materials contained in the library of the school. The right to address the school advisory committee or the school board. The right to information about the school’s discipline policy and any violent activity in the school.
The right to information about any plans to eliminate gifted and talented programs or accelerated coursework at the school. Consistent with the parental rights specified in subsection (a), a school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity shall— post on a publicly accessible website of the school— the curriculum for each course and grade level; the academic standards or other learning benchmarks used by the school; notice of any proposed revisions to such standards or benchmarks and a copy of any such revisions; the budget for the school year, including all revenues and expenditures (including expenditures made for items and services provided by private entities); and provide the parents of a child attending the school with— the opportunity to meet in-person with each teacher of their child not less frequently than twice during each school year at a time mutually agreed upon by both parties; and notice of such opportunity at the beginning of each school year; make all instructional and educator professional development materials, including teachers’ manuals, films, tapes, books or other reading materials, or other supplementary materials used in any survey, analysis, or evaluation, available for inspection by the parents of children attending the school; at the beginning of each school year, provide parents a list of reading materials in the school library, including a list of any reading materials that were added to or removed from the list of materials from the prior year; notify parents in a timely manner of any plans to eliminate gifted and talented programs or accelerated coursework at the school; except as provided in paragraph (7), notify parents of any medical examinations or screenings the school may administer to their child and receive written consent from parents for any such examination or screening prior to conducting the examination or screening; in the event of an emergency that requires a medical examination or screening without time for parental notification, promptly notify parents of such examination or screening and, not later than 24 hours after the incident occurs, provide an explanation of the emergency that prevented notification prior to such examination or screening; notify parents of any medical information that will be collected on their child, receive written parental consent prior to collecting such information, and provide parents an opportunity to inspect such information at the parent’s request; and notify parents of any policy changes involving their reporting obligations under the Family Advocacy Program of the Department of Defense.
Not less frequently than twice per year, a school advisory committee or school board for a school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity shall provide parents of children attending the school with the opportunity to address the advisory committee or school board on any matters relating to the school or the educational services provided to their children. In this section, the term school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity means— a Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary or secondary school, as described in section 2164 of this title; or any elementary or secondary school or program for dependents operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity. .
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2164 the following new item: 2164a. Rights of parents of children attending schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity. .