Relating to trainings, examinations, surveys, and screenings provided by governmental agencies and entities, school districts, charter schools, innovation zone schools, and public postsecondary educational institutions, including racism or sexism trainings, diversity and inclusion efforts, physical examinations, student health screenings, and surveys administered to students or related to students, and including civil penalties

The bill modifies this provision to prohibit contractors, teachers, and administrators from providing any curriculum, or mandatory staff or student training, or associated materials, that teaches, advocates, encourages, promotes, or acts upon specific defined concepts. The bill also prohibits administrators from knowingly allowing a contractor or a teacher to provide any curriculum or mandatory staff or student training, or associated materials, that teaches, advocates, encourages, promotes, or acts upon specific defined concepts. The bill requires the board of educational examiners (BOEE) to adopt rules that require the BOEE to disqualify an applicant for a license or to revoke a person’s license if a court finds that a person violates these provisions. The bill authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school district who alleges a violation of these provisions to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school district that hired the contractor or employs the teacher or administrator to prohibit the contractor, teacher, or administrator from continuing such violation. The bill provides that if the parent or guardian is the prevailing party in such civil action, the court shall award reasonable court costs and attorney fees to the parent or guardian, the court shall assess a civil penalty against the school district in an amount not less than $50,000, and the clerk of court shall send a copy of the court’s order to the BOEE.74.76 prohibits school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from administering or conducting an invasive physical examination of a student, a student health screening that is not required by state or federal law, or a formal examination or survey of a student that is designed to assess the student’s mental, emotional, or physical health that is not required by state or federal law, without first acquiring the written consent of the student’s parent or guardian.76 requires school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to give written notice to a student’s parent or guardian of an examination or survey of the student required by state or federal law that is designed to assess the student’s mental, emotional, or physical health not less than seven days prior to the examination or survey. The bill requires the BOEE to adopt rules that require the BOEE to disqualify an applicant for a license or to revoke a person’s license if a court finds that a person violated these provisions. The bill authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school district, charter school, or innovation zone school who alleges a violation of these provisions by an employee or contractor of the school district, charter school, or innovation zone school to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school district, charter school, or innovation zone school to prohibit the employee or contractor from continuing such violation. The bill provides that if the parent or guardian is the prevailing party in such civil action, the court shall award reasonable court costs and attorney fees to the parent or guardian, the court shall assess a civil penalty against the school district, charter school, or innovation zone school in an amount not less than $50,000, and the clerk of court shall send a copy of the court’s order to the BOEE.79 requires school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to receive the prior written consent of a student’s parent or guardian before requiring a student to take part in any survey, analysis, activity, or evaluation that reveals certain specified information concerning the student or the student’s family.79 prohibits an employee or contractor of a school district, charter school, or innovation zone school from answering any question pertaining to any particular student in any survey related to the social or emotional abilities, competencies, or characteristics of the student, unless the school satisfies certain specified requirements related to providing the student’s parent or guardian with information and receiving written consent from the student’s parent or guardian. The bill requires the BOEE to adopt rules that require the BOEE to disqualify an applicant for a license or to revoke a person’s license if a court finds that a person violated these provisions. The bill authorizes a parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the school district, charter school, or innovation zone school who alleges a violation of these provisions by an employee or contractor of the school district, charter school, or innovation zone school to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the school district, charter school, or innovation zone school to prohibit the employee or contractor from continuing such violation. The bill provides that if the parent or guardian is the prevailing party in such civil action, the court shall award reasonable court costs and attorney fees to the parent or guardian, the court shall assess a civil penalty against the school district, charter school, or innovation zone school in an amount not less than $50,000, and the clerk of court shall send a copy of the court’s order to the BOEE.1 requires the head of a governmental entity to ensure that any mandatory staff training provided by an employee of a governmental entity, or by a contractor hired by the governmental entity, does not teach, advocate, encourage, promote, or act upon stereotyping, scapegoating, or prejudice toward others on the basis of demographic group membership or identity. The bill modifies this provision to require the head of a governmental entity to ensure that any mandatory staff training or associated materials provided by an employee of a governmental entity, or by a contractor hired by the governmental entity, does not teach, advocate, encourage, promote, or act upon specific defined concepts or prejudice toward others on the basis of demographic group membership or identity.1 by an employee or contractor of the governmental entity to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the governmental entity to prohibit the employee or contractor from continuing such violation. The bill provides that, if an employee is the prevailing party in the civil action, the court shall award the employee reasonable court costs and attorney fees. The bill makes conforming changes.8 requires the president, vice presidents, deans, department directors, or any other administrator of a public institution of higher education to ensure that any mandatory staff or student training provided by an employee of the institution or by a contractor hired by the institution does not teach, advocate, act upon, or promote specific defined concepts. The bill modifies this provision to also require such individuals to ensure that any materials provided in association with the mandatory staff or student training do not teach, advocate, act upon, or promote specific defined concepts.8 by an employee or contractor of the institution to bring a civil action for injunctive relief against the institution to prohibit the employee or contractor from continuing such violation. The bill provides that, if an employee or student is the prevailing party in the civil action, the court shall award the employee or student reasonable court costs and attorney fees.3.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.