Education matters.
Education matters. Provides that a school, an employee or staff member of a school, or a third party vendor used by a school to provide instruction may not provide any instruction to a student in prekindergarten through grade 3 on human sexuality. Provides that a school employee or a school staff member is not prohibited from responding to a question from a student regarding certain topics. Requires certain schools to obtain consent from at least one parent of an unemancipated minor student regarding a request made by the student to change the student's name or pronoun, title, or word to identify the student. Provides that a school may not discipline an employee or staff member of the school for using a name, pronoun, title, or other word to identify a student that is consistent with the student's legal name if the employee or staff members does so out of a religious conviction.
Legislative Session
2023 Regular Session
Sponsors
Calendar
| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-22 | 13:30 | Hearing | Senate Chamber | Senate Education and Career Development Hearing |
| 2023-02-20 | 08:00 | Hearing | House Chamber | House Education Hearing |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2023-03-27 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2023-03-06 | First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development |
| 2023-02-24 | Referred to the Senate |
| 2023-02-23 | Senate sponsors: Senators Donato, Raatz, Byrne |
| 2023-02-23 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 220: yeas 65, nays 29 |
| 2023-02-22 | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2023-02-20 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2023-01-19 | First reading: referred to Committee on Education |
| 2023-01-19 | Authored by Representative Davis |
| 2023-01-19 | Coauthored by Representatives Teshka, Jeter, Heaton |