PROTECT Kids Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2616 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2616

  To require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds 
  under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain 
parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or 
    preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, 
                  including locker rooms or bathrooms.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2025

 Mr. Walberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds 
  under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain 
parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or 
    preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, 
                  including locker rooms or bathrooms.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Parental Rights Over The Education 
and Care of Their Kids Act'' or the ``PROTECT Kids Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT RELATED TO GENDER MARKERS, PRONOUNS, AND PREFERRED 
              NAMES ON SCHOOL FORMS.

    (a) Requirement.--As a condition of receiving funds under the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.), a public school that receives funds under such Act shall be 
required to obtain parental consent before changing a covered 
student's--
            (1) gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any 
        school form; or
            (2) sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or 
        bathrooms.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered student.--The term ``covered student'' means a 
        minor who is--
                    (A) an elementary school student; or
                    (B) a student in any of the middle grades.
            (2) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'', ``middle 
        grades'', and ``parent'' have the meanings given such terms in 
        section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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