Bills › 89th General Assembly
Relating to actions taken by school districts concerning student pronoun preference
Topics:K–12 educationLGBTQIA+
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 20, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If a school employee asks a student what pronouns they prefer to use or gives them a survey about it, the school must notify the student's parent or guardian at least one week in advance. Parents also have the right to ask for and receive a copy of their child's response to these questions.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires a school district, if a student will be asked by a school employee or in a school communication to identify the pronoun by which the student prefers to be called, or will be asked to take a survey on pronoun preference, to provide written notification of such action to the parent or guardian of the student at least one week before such action occurs. After the identification or survey has occurred, the bill requires the school district to provide the student’s identification or survey response to the student’s parent or guardian upon request.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 20, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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