LINCOLN- On Monday, the Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee voted 7-0 to advance LB71 to the floor, a bill introduced by Sen. Rita Sanders that would require that all public schools disclose instructional materials to parents and allow parents to request that their child be excused from certain materials or lessons. The bill is co-sponsored by Sens. Albrecht, Briese, Linehan, and Murman.

Sen. Murman introduced a similar bill, which he described as a more comprehensive version of LB71. Murman's bill, LB374, dubbed the Parent's Bill of Rights and Academic Transparency Act, would give parents access to review all learning materials their school uses and allow them to withdraw their children from lessons or activities that use materials that conflict with the "parent's firmly held beliefs, values, or principles."

Although Murman voted to advance LB71, he stated that he hasn't given up on attempting to pass LB374. He went on to state that the Education Committee is still discussing his bill, and that it may end up being merged with another proposal that is being considered as one of the Committee's priority bills this session.

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