Below is a screenshot from the statutes of the General Assembly concerning the “duties” of teachers.

They include a variety of “duties,” some more defined than others: discipline, “teaching,” reporting, provide for well-being, medical care, keep order, etc.

Now throw in some other factors and variables that have a direct effect on those “duties” like poverty, hunger, sickness, apathy, lack of resources, overcrowding, and respect for the profession. It makes those duties in the above statute seem a little more expansive.

And the list keeps getting longer.

Apparently, teachers could have a new duty.

And on page 7:

Look closely at (5):

If parents know their students best as so many in education reform insist, then why would teachers have to inform parents how their students identify?