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Ruvan22 posted...

Eliminating this requirement would restore decision-making to parents concerning their children, the bill states. Rep. Rebecca Burkes, R-Lowell, the bills primary sponsor, repeated this on the House floor Feb. 22.
Rep. Andrew Collins, D-Little Rock, took issue with this clause.
Parents have to sign off [on the permit] under the current law, he said. If this passes, the parents wont have to sign off, and I think thats a pretty important distinction.

How would it restore decision making to parents if the parents don't have to sign off (the child can do it independently)?

Apparently the issue is that because the parents had to fill out a waiver, the government still got final say.

So it 'restores' the choice being between the parent, the child, and the employer. No government involvement needed.