OK HCR1017

Affirms support for a proposed Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would establish parental rights to direct the upbringing and education of children as a fundamental constitutional right.

Urges the U.S. Congress to propose the amendment to the states for ratification, with three key provisions: protecting parental liberty as fundamental, requiring government to meet highest interest standard to infringe, and preventing treaties or international law from superseding parental rights.

Cites concerns about erosion of parental rights through Supreme Court decisions, international treaties (particularly the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child), and foreign law influence on constitutional interpretation.

Directs distribution of the resolution to the President, members of Congress, and legislative bodies of all states.

Asserts the amendment would preserve existing parental rights without substantive changes to current law while protecting against future judicial or international encroachment.