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Parents' Bill of Rights

OK Parents' Bill of Rights

Children · Students · Biometric · Genetic · Health

Reserves parental rights to direct a child's upbringing, education, and health care, including rights to review the child's school and medical records and to give written consent before a child's biometric scan is made, shared, or stored or a record of the child's blood or DNA is created, stored, or shared. It also requires written parental consent before government records video or voice of a child (with exceptions) and before most medical or mental health treatment of minors.

Where
Oklahoma
Citation
25 O.S. §§ 2001-2005
Status
In force
In force since
2014-11-01
Last amended
2019-07-01
Enforced by
Courts; district attorneys for the misdemeanor consent provisions
People can sue
No
Penalties
Treating a minor without the required written parental consent is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $1,000, up to one year in county jail, or both. The rights in § 2002 carry no stated penalty; employees who coerce a child to withhold information from parents are subject to discipline.
Applies to
  • The state, political subdivisions, other governmental entities, and 'any other institution' dealing with minor children (including schools)
  • Persons, corporations, associations, organizations, and hospitals providing medical or mental health assessment or treatment to minors (§§ 2004-2005)

What a privacy notice must say

  • School districts must adopt a parental involvement policy that tells parents their rights, including the right to opt out of district-level data collection for the state longitudinal student data system beyond what is required.25 O.S. § 2003(A)(7)(q)

Rights it gives people

  • Parents may access and review all school records and, unless barred by law or a related criminal investigation, all medical records of their minor child.25 O.S. § 2002(A)(2), (6)

Practices it requires

  • Obtain a parent's written consent before a biometric scan of a minor child is made, shared, or stored.25 O.S. § 2002(A)(7)
  • Obtain a parent's written consent before any record of a minor child's blood or DNA is created, stored, or shared, except newborn screening required under 63 O.S. §§ 1-516 and 1-524.1 or by court order.25 O.S. § 2002(A)(8)
  • The state and its political subdivisions must obtain written parental consent before making a video or voice recording of a minor, except for court, law enforcement, forensic interview, safety and discipline, academic, instructional, building security, and ID-card purposes.25 O.S. § 2002(A)(9)
  • Obtain written parental consent before performing a physical examination, surgery, or prescribing drugs for a minor, or before a mental health assessment of a minor, except in emergencies or as otherwise provided by law.25 O.S. §§ 2004-2005

Sources

Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.

Unverified: last_amended reflects § 2004 (Laws 2019, c. 329, eff. July 1, 2019); amendment histories of §§ 2003 and 2005 were not fully read.

Research reference, not legal advice.