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CACR24 Relating to the right to educate children.Providing that parents and guardians have a right to direct the education of their children.

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Relating to the right to educate children.Providing that parents and guardians have a right to direct the education of their children.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

5

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

5
💰

Your Wallet

The amendment text contains no fiscal provisions, tax changes, or explicit financial impacts on taxpayers or families.

5
🏘️

Your Community

The amendment does not specify implementation details or how it affects school district operations, local control, or community education systems.

6
⚖️

Your Freedom

The amendment adds a constitutional right for parental direction of education, though its scope and interaction with public education requirements remain undefined pending interpretation.

Status

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-0941h: Motion Failed Regular Calendar 181-156 Lacking Necessary Three-Fifths Vote 03/11/2026 House Journal 7 P. 112

Voted Yes

181 R

Voted No

5 R + 151 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Michael Granger (R)

The Short Version

This is a proposed constitutional amendment that would add a new right allowing parents and legal guardians to direct their children's education. It requires voter approval in November 2026 and does not specify what 'direct the education' means or how it interacts with existing public education law, leaving its practical effects unclear.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Parents and legal guardians who seek greater control over their children's education
  • ▲ Potential future litigants who could cite this right in education-related disputes

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ Unclear until the amendment is interpreted by courts; potentially school districts if the right is interpreted to override existing education policies

Roll Call Detail (1 vote)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 1 recorded vote on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans supported it ( 181 for , 5 against ) , and Democrats opposed it ( 151 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-03-11
Passed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

181R
Voted to Pass (181)
5R + 151D
Voted Against (156)
33
Absent
22
Not voting
Show all 392 individual votes

Voted Yea (181)

Republicans (181)

Voted Nay (156)

Republicans (5)
Democrats (151)
Absent (33)

Catherine Sofikitis (D) , Charlie St. Clair (D) , Cindy Bennett (R) , Dale Girard (D) , Dale Swanson (D) , David Love (R) , David Lundgren (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Dick Thackston (R) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Geoff Smith (D) , Jaci Grote (D) , James Gruber (D) , Jay Markell (R) , Jeanine Notter (R) , Jennifer Rhodes (R) , John Janigian (R) , Jonathan Smith (R) , Jose Cambrils (R) , Marc Plamondon (D) , Mark Warden (R) , Mary Ford (R) , Matthew Hicks (D) , Molly Howard (D) , Myles England (D) , Patricia Cornell (D) , Peggy Balboni (D) , Peter Lovett (D) , Peter Varney (R) , Ron Dunn (R) , Thomas Buco (D) , Tim Mannion (R) , Tom Dolan (R)

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