Say No to Indoctrination Act
- senate
- house
- president
Last progress July 10, 2025 (4 months ago)
Introduced on July 10, 2025 by James Risch
Sponsors (8)
House Votes
Senate Votes
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Presidential Signature
AI Summary
This bill changes federal K–12 education rules so that money from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) cannot be used to teach or promote “concepts related to gender ideology.” It adds this ban into an existing list of things ESEA funds can’t support. The bill points to a definition from a recent executive order to explain what “gender ideology” means. Schools that use ESEA money would need to make sure lessons, programs, or activities paid for with those funds do not include those concepts .
In everyday terms, if a public school uses federal ESEA funds for a class, training, or materials, those funds could not be used for content the bill views as “gender ideology.” The bill does not spell out penalties in the text shown, but it clearly adds this funding restriction into federal law for schools receiving ESEA support .
- Key points
- Who is affected: Public schools and programs that receive ESEA funds
- What changes: ESEA funds may not be used to teach or advance concepts related to “gender ideology,” using a definition referenced from Executive Order 14168
- When: Takes effect by adding this ban into the ESEA once enacted; no specific date is shown in the text provided