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North Carolina Senate Bill 49: Parents' Bill of Rights

As a public school system we want you to have this information which is consistent with the way we have always operated. We respect parents' right to raise and nurture their children and have always invited and valued parent participation. Davidson County Schools will work to implement the elements of this bill as expected.

Parents have legal rights with regards to their child's education, including the following:

(1) The right to consent or withhold consent for participation in reproductive health and safety education programs, consistent with the requirements of G.S. 115C-81.30.

(2) The right to seek a medical or religious exemption from immunization requirements, consistent with the requirements of G.S. 130A-156 and G.S. 130A-157.

(3) The right to review statewide standardized assessment results as part of the State report card.

(4) The right to request an evaluation of their child for an academically or intellectually gifted program, or for identification as a child with a disability, as provided in Article 9 of this Chapter.

(5) The right to inspect and purchase public school unit textbooks and other supplementary instructional materials, as provided in Part 3 of Article 8 of this Chapter.

(6) The right to access information relating to the unit's policies for promotion or retention, including high school graduation requirements.

(7) The right to receive student report cards on a regular basis that clearly depict and grade the student's academic performance in each class or course, the student's conduct, and the student's attendance.

(8) The right to access information relating to the State public education system, State standards, report card requirements, attendance requirements, and textbook requirements.

(9) The right to participate in parent-teacher organizations.

(10) The right to opt in to certain data collection for their child, as provided in Part 5 of this Article and Article 29 of this Chapter.

(11) The right for students to participate in protected student information surveys only with parental consent, as provided in Part 5 of this Article.

(12) The right to review all available records of materials their child has borrowed from a school library.

Public school units shall (i) allow parents to exercise these rights and (ii) make the rights contained in this section available to parents electronically or by displaying the information on the website of the public school unit.