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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 188 (Tuesday, November 14, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. GAETZ:H.R. 6403.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 1, Spending Clause--amending extent law(FERPA), pursuant to the same.The single subject of this legislation is:amending FERPA to enable disclosure of certain studenteducational records to parents.[Page H5856]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]</fullName>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Parents’ Right to Know Act&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This bill requires all medical or counseling records pertaining to a student to be made available for inspection by the student's parent (upon request), unless the inspection is prohibited by a protection order. &lt;em&gt;Medical or counseling record &lt;/em&gt;refers to a record that is in the possession of a local educational agency and relates to the medical care or academic or mental health counseling provided to a student.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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