Schools; definitions; prohibiting school personnel and students from requesting and using certain pronouns or alternate names in certain situations; effective date; emergency.
2025 Regular Session
School personnel shall not: 1. Ask a student to address them by a pronoun or alternate name that is inconsistent with the school personnel's biological sex without written permission from the student's parent or legal guardian; 2. Ask a student what his or her preferred pronoun or alternate name is without written permission from the student's parent or guardian; and 3. Refer to a student by a pronoun or alternate name that is inconsistent with the student's assigned sex at birth without written permission from the student's parent or legal guardian.
C. A public school student shall not:1. Ask school personnel to refer to the student using a pronoun or alternate name that is inconsistent with the student's assigned sex at birth without written permission from the student's parent or legal guardian; 2. Ask school personnel what his or her preferred pronoun or alternate name is without written permission from the student's parent or guardian; and 3. Refer to school personnel by a pronoun or alternate name that is inconsistent with the school personnel's assigned sex at birth without written permission from the student's parent or legal guardian.
E. If any school personnel learns of any violation of this section, he or she shall inform a school administrator immediately. Once informed, school administrators shall notify the parents or legal guardians of all students involved with said violation within twenty-four (24) hours, and shall include a detailed description of the violation with such notification.
History
Date | Action |
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2025-02-03 | Authored by Representative Woolley |
2025-02-03 | First Reading |