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A bill to allow parents to sue Arizona teachers for 鈥渦surping the fundamental right鈥� of a parent in raising their children won approval from state Senate Republicans on Monday and is one vote away from Gov. Doug Ducey鈥檚 desk.听

Supporters of the bill said it was necessary to subject teachers to lawsuits in order to bring transparency to schools, which they said have been asking 鈥渋nappropriate questions鈥� of students. The main impetus for the legislation were student surveys sent out by schools 鈥� often aimed at identifying students struggling with mental health during the pandemic 鈥� that made and .

by Rep. Steve Kaiser, R-Phoenix, began its legislative life as a more controversial bill that would have forced teachers to tell parents everything a student tells them 鈥� including outing them if a student .

The bill was eventually . Kaiser insisted that the bill was never meant as 鈥渁n attack鈥� on the LGBTQ community, even though it specifically said teachers would have to disclose information about a student鈥檚 鈥減urported gender identity鈥� or a request to transition to a gender other than the 鈥渟tudent鈥檚 biological sex.鈥� It was also drafted by two .听

The bill in its current form prohibits a school, political subdivision or government from 鈥渦surping the fundamental right鈥� of a parent in raising their children, allows a parent to bring a civil suit against any government entity or official that violates the in Arizona law, gives parents the rights to all written or electronic records from a school about their child 鈥� including a students counseling records 鈥� and requires schools to notify parents before a survey is conducted of students, among other changes.

鈥淚 am a hard 鈥榥o鈥� on this bill,鈥� Sen. Christine Marsh, a Phoenix Democrat and the 2016 Arizona Teacher of the Year, said when explaining her vote on the floor Monday afternoon. She added that the vague wording of 鈥渦surping the fundamental right鈥� in the bill will likely lead to many parents filing lawsuits.听

鈥淎nything could potentially qualify for it so we might have a whole bunch of teachers going to court for this,鈥� she said.

Those concerns were also echoed by her Democratic colleagues on the bill who feared that if passed, the bill could see librarians getting in trouble for recommending books that conflict with a parent鈥檚 worldview.听

Kaiser, the bill鈥檚 sponsor, said in committee that the aim is to have parents involved with the child in that process.听

The bill passed 16-12. Because it was amended in the Senate, it returns to the House of Representatives for a final vote, after which it would go to Ducey for final action.

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