Law / United States / 
Washington
Parents' rights, written notice and opt-out for student surveys that reveal protected information
RCW 28A.605.005(2)(h); chapter 369, Laws of 2025
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Disclosure, Data subject rights
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Give the parent or legal guardian of a child enrolled in a public school written notice and the option to opt the child out of any survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals information on the subjects the section lists: political affiliations or beliefs, mental or psychological problems, sex behavior and attitudes, illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior, critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships, legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs, and income other than that required by law to determine eligibility for a program or for financial assistance under it (RCW 28A.605.005(2)(h)).
- Apply the notice and opt-out in accordance with the federal protection of pupil rights provision, which the section names as Title 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232h (RCW 28A.605.005(2)(h)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
RCW 28A.605.005(2)(h) gives a parent or legal guardian a right to written notice and an opt-out for surveys that reveal protected information. The paragraph requires no log or record, names no audit and gives no party a right to demand a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
The section gives a parent or legal guardian the right to receive written notice and the option to opt the child out of any survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals information on the subjects it lists. The rights belong to parents and legal guardians of children enrolled in public schools as defined in RCW 28A.150.010.
The listed subjects are political affiliations or beliefs of the student or the student's parent or legal guardian, mental or psychological problems of the student or the student's family, sex behavior and attitudes, illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating, or demeaning behavior, critical appraisals of other individuals with whom respondents have close family relationships, legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, religious practices, affiliations, or beliefs, and income other than that required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or for receiving financial assistance under such program.
The section states the right in accordance with the federal protection of pupil rights provision. The section creates no private right of action. Chapter 369, Laws of 2025 amended the section in its section 501. Chapter 369, Laws of 2025 took effect on , except for its section 308. Initiative 2081, chapter 4, Laws of 2024, stated a right to written notice and an opt-out for surveys and similar student engagements in this section, in different terms.
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