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House Bill 4986
119th Congress(2025-2026)
Parents Opt-in Protection Act
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H. R. 4986 (Reported-in-House)

Union Calendar No. 733

119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4986

[Report No. 119–836]


To amend the General Education Provisions Act to ensure that a student is not required to submit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals personal information about such student or their family without prior written consent.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 15, 2025

Mrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Self, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Babin, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, and Mrs. Harshbarger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

September 24, 2026

Additional sponsors: Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Nehls, Mrs. Fedorchak, and Mr. Moore of Utah

September 24, 2026

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on August 15, 2025]

A BILL

To amend the General Education Provisions Act to ensure that a student is not required to submit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals personal information about such student or their family without prior written consent.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Parents Opt-in Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. Protection of pupil rights.

Section 445 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232h) is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)—

(A) by striking “prior consent of the student” and inserting “prior written consent of the student”; and

(B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, with respect to each such specific survey, analysis, or evaluation”; and

(2) in subsection (c)(2)(A)—

(A) by striking “and” at the end of clause (i);

(B) in clause (ii), by striking “subparagraph (C).” and inserting “clause (i) or (iii) of subparagraph (C); and”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(iii) not require a student to submit to a survey described in subparagraph (C)(ii) without the prior written consent of the student (if the student is an adult or emancipated minor), or in the case of an unemancipated minor, without the prior written consent of the parent, with respect to each such specific survey.”.

Union Calendar No. 733

119th CONGRESS
     2d Session
H. R. 4986
[Report No. 119–836]
A BILL
To amend the General Education Provisions Act to ensure that a student is not required to submit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals personal information about such student or their family without prior written consent.
September 24, 2026
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed