"There's not too much pushback. It's a really good bill," she said.
"We've had good feedback from parents, grandparents, teachers, employers ... who doesn't want to support tamariki and their educational outcomes?"
With a husband and three young sons herself, she had previously served on the board of trustees at their school and had seen how hard it was for some working parents to attend what was an important part of their child's learning.
"We know that these educational outcomes for all our tamariki need a joint approach with parents or guardians and schools - parents know what's happening at school and the school knows what's happening at home," she said.
Ngobi said she was even finding support from employers themselves.
"We know that good employers are doing this already any way," she said.
The bill was now set for first reading in Parliament this week. From there it would now go to a select committee, then a second reading, then be brought back to the house before a third reading, before being passed into law.