Congressman Glenn Thompson has given his support to a piece of legislation that’s been called the “Parents Bill of Rights.”

The bill passed in the House 213-208 on March 24 with five Republican breaking ranks and joining all 203 Democrats who voted in opposition.

According to a summary from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the bill “requires schools to notify parents and guardians of their rights regarding the education of their children.”

It also sets criteria for pronoun use in grades five through eight.

Thompson said the bill is a move “to put students first” though it seems very likely to die in the Democratically-controlled Senate.

“I proudly voted in favor of H.R. 5, The Parents Bill of Rights,” he said in his weekly newsletter. “This legislation values the fundamental role parents play in the upbringing and education of their children.”

Per the CRS the rights included in this legislation include the right to review a school curriculum, meet their children’s teacher at least twice a year, review the school budget, “inspect the books and other reading materials” in their child’s school library, to address the school board, to receive information about violent activity in school and to know if their child is not grade-level proficient in reading or language arts at the end of third grade.

And the hook is, unsurprisingly, funding.

The summary states that schools and school districts (identified as local education agencies) must “comply with the requirements of the bill in order to receive federal education funds.”

“Like every other institution in America, schools must be accountable,” Thompson said. “This bill ensures accountability for the people who matter most: parents. They are the most deeply concerned about their children’s future and want successful outcomes.”

The legislation requires curriculum, budget and annual district report card information to be posted online.

“The bill provides for additional family educational and privacy rights, including by prohibiting schools from selling student information for commercial or financial gain,” per the CRS.

The ongoing cultural dispute over the use of pronouns also made its way into the bill, a provision that would seem dead on arrival in the Senate.

“An elementary school or a school consisting of only grades 5-8 must obtain parental consent,” according to the CRS, “before changing a minor child’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on school forms; or allowing a child to change the child’s sex-based accommodations.”