Arizona SB1002

An employee or independent contractor of a school district or charter school may not knowingly address, identify or refer to a student who is under eighteen years of age by either of the following unless the school district or charter school receives written permission from the student's parent:

1. A pronoun that differs from the pronoun that aligns with the student's biological sex.

2. A name other than the first or middle name that is listed on the student's official school records, except that an employee or independent contractor may address, identify or refer to a student by a nickname that is commonly associated with the student's name of record.

B. A school district or charter school may not require an employee or independent contractor to address, identify or refer to a person by a pronoun that differs from the pronoun that aligns with the person's biological sex if doing so is contrary to the employee's or independent contractor's religious or moral convictions.