Asa Hutchinson: “imagine, if you will, that your daughter is given an assignment by her teacher which requires her to keep a journal, not…”

“imagine, if you will, that your daughter is given an assignment by her teacher which requires her to keep a journal, not just a journal of her own intimate and very private thoughts, but of answers to questions that have been posed to her by her teacher. Should you as a parent have a right to know what questions the teacher has posed, what questions the teacher has asked? Now imagine that a research team from a local university is given permission by your child's school to perform psychological exams on your son or daughter. Should you as a parent in that situation have a right to approve of this exam before it takes place? Should you as a parent at least be informed about the impending exams? Finally, Mr. President, imagine that your son is required to take a class in ``decisionmaking'' which you are concerned may include discussion of issues that might violate or be contrary to the teachings you have espoused and inculcated in your children in the home. Should you, in that circumstance, as a parent have a right to review the classroom material prior to enrolling your children in that particular class, in that decisionmaking class?”