Creates the Given Name Act establishing provisions relating to forms of address in public schools
2024 Regular Session
A public school or school district employee or contractor shall not [...] use any name to address or refer to a student other than the name provided by such student's parents when enrolling the student in school, or a derivative of such name, without the written permission of such student's parents.
A public school or school district employee or contractor shall not [...] address or refer to a student using any pronoun that differs from such student's biological sex without the written permission of such student's parents.
A public entity shall not require a public school or school district employee or contractor to use a pronoun that differs from a person's biological sex if doing so would be contrary to the employee's or contractor's sincerely held religious or moral convictions.
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2024-01-25 | Second Read and Referred S Select Committee on Empowering Missouri Parents and Children Committee |
| 2024-01-03 | S First Read |
| 2023-12-11 | Prefiled |