H.R. 5 – "Politics Over Parents Act"

Agreed to by Recorded Vote

Fitzpatrick #8 – Amends the bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States (GAO) to submit a report to Congress on the cost of the requirements of H.R. 5 to SEAs, LEAs, and elementary and secondary schools and requires the report to also analyze and evaluate the impact of H.R. 5 on protecting parents' rights in the education of the children AGREED TO 386-39
Green (TN) #10 – Revises the bill to include the right to timely notice of any major cyberattack against their child’s school that may have compromised student or parent information AGREED TO 420-5

Failed by Recorded Vote

Bonamici #5 – Strikes line 1 and all that follows in H.R.5. Includes a findings section and sense of Congress regarding public education and rights that parents have access to in public schools. Includes titles creating a parent coordinator position in public schools, increasing the authorization level for Full-Service Community Schools, increasing the authorization level for Statewide Family Engagement Centers, and establishing rules of construction prohibiting the banning of books or certain curricular materials FAILED 203-223
Crane #6 – Allows parents to take civil action against teachers, schools, and/or educational agencies if they fail to comply with the bill FAILED 61-365
Davidson #7 – Prohibits federal funds under Title I and Title II from going to a local educational agency unless they hold an open enrollment period FAILED 89-338
Jacobs #13 – Strikes the provisions relating to reviewing professional development materials in sections 104 and 202 FAILED 203-217
Massie #15 – Adds a sense of Congress that the authority of the Department of Education and the Secretary of Education to operate or administer any office or program related to elementary or secondary education should be terminated on or before December 31, 2023 FAILED 161-265
McCormick #17 – Establishes parents' right to be informed of non-curriculum-based initiatives and events, and allows parents to opt-in their children to such initiatives and events FAILED 107-317
Roy #19 – Allows Title I funds to follow the student to the school they attend (i.e., public, private, or home school). These funds may be used for educational and instructional materials, tutoring, tuition for private school, and extracurricular activities FAILED 113-311
Roy #20 – Ensures all funds made available under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 after the date of the enactment shall be consolidated and awarded to each State FAILED 83-331

Agreed to by Voice Vote

Bacon #1 – Requires Local Education Agencies (LEA) to provide the parents of a child who is a student in an elementary school or secondary school the number of school counselors in that school
Foxx #2 – Amends H.R. 5 to align the list of rights school districts must provide notice of to actions school districts must take; amends a sense of Congress to express support for parents fundamental rights to direct the education of their children and that courts should use the strict scrutiny test to evaluate laws involving those rights
Boebert #3 – Amends Section 104 to include Parent's Right to Know if their child's school operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose biological sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls
Boebert #4 – Amends Section 104 to include Parent's Right to Know if their child's school allows a person whose biological sex is male to use restrooms or changing rooms designated for women or girls
Garbarino #9 – Provides that nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, should be construed as authorizing or granting parents the ability to deny any student who is not their own child from accessing any books or other reading materials otherwise available in the library of their child’s school
Lawler #14 –  Ensures this bill does not impose requirements on non-public elementary or secondary schools. Adds a sense of Congress that LEAs do not have authority over the curriculums of non-public elementary or secondary schools
McCormick #16 – Establishes that parents will be granted the opportunity to address their school board regarding a complaint about a violation of parental rights
Miller (OH) #18 – Expands the definition of schools to include secondary career and technical schools
Smith (NJ) #21 – Requires that the local educational agency discloses to parents any videos or recordings of violent activity of which they are aware
Tenney #22 – Adds plans to eliminate college credit courses to the list of required disclosures

Failed by Voice Vote

Jacobs #12 – Strikes "at no cost" in the new paragraph (1)(A) of section 1112(e) of the ESEA, as added by section 104(2) of the bill

Not Offered

Hunt #11 – Revises H.R.5 to add a provision including whether diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives factor into a school's plan to eliminate gifted and talented programs