The law doesn’t go as far as a proposed Parents’ Bill of Rights that Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed last spring. But it’s raising similar questions and fears among teachers that routine classroom discussions might now be illegal.
“(Teachers) might do a kind of get-to-know-you survey, and it says, ‘What did you do on your summer vacation?’” said Leah Fliter, assistant director of the Kansas Association of School Boards. “They’re concerned that somebody’s gonna say, ‘Well, you can’t ask my kids that, because that says too much about our family structure.’ Whether that’s what the intent was, I don’t know. But that certainly has been the effect.”
Background
The new requirement that took effect July 1 is part of the school funding law passed by the Kansas Legislature last spring. It requires schools to tell parents in writing if they plan to administer any…
