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This bill amends Arizona's Parents' Bill of Rights to expand parental rights and remedies when those rights are infringed upon by government entities or their employees. Key provisions include granting parents the right to consent in writing before any school employee facilitates or implements social transitioning for their child, which is defined as a process of changing how a person identifies and lives regarding their gender, potentially differing from their sex. It also strengthens parents' right to access their child's complete educational record, which is now broadly defined to include various academic, behavioral, and health-related information. The bill establishes significant financial penalties for governmental entities and individual employees who interfere with or usurp parental rights, including substantial damages and prohibiting indemnification for offending officials. Furthermore, it creates a new cause of action for parents against employees who facilitate, encourage, or coerce a minor child to withhold information from them, with similar penalties and prohibitions on indemnification. The bill also mandates disclosure of past offending actions by governmental entities and employees within a specific timeframe, with further liability if disclosure doesn't occur. Finally, it clarifies that a parent's right to sue belongs individually to each parent, regardless of the other parent's consent.

Education

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83970