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Prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts and charter schools in kindergarten through grade six
Sponsored by the House Education Committee
Topics:K–12 educationLGBTQIA+
Same legislation: HF 8
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2023
- Done: House committeeFebruary 15, 2023
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 8, 202362–35
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 Schools and charter schools would be stopped from teaching about gender identity or sexual orientation to students in kindergarten through sixth grade. This rule applies to all classroom lessons, activities, surveys, and materials used for human growth and development instruction. The law also requires that kindergarten lessons remain age-appropriate and based on research.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts and charter schools in kindergarten through grade six.50 (human growth and development instruction) to provide that the human growth and development instruction provided to students in kindergarten through grade six shall not include any program, curriculum, material, test, survey, questionnaire, activity, announcement, promotion, or instruction of any kind relating to gender identity or sexual orientation. The bill defines “gender identity” and “sexual orientation”. The bill requires the human growth and development instruction provided in the kindergarten program to be both age-appropriate and research-based.
Changed since by amendments H-1067, H-1066; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 15, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
58 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 13, 2023 (58) · on the Legislature’s site
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