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The bill increases parental authority and creates enforceable restrictions on school staff counseling about gender identity, trading broader parental control and clearer compliance standards for reduced in‑school support, privacy risks for LGBTQ students, legal risks for educators, and potential funding losses for schools.
Public schools and school districts get clearer, enforceable limits on what staff and contractors may provide about gender identity, with federal ESEA funding conditioned on compliance.
Parents (and families) gain a clear legal pathway to sue to stop school staff from providing gender‑identity counseling to their minor children, increasing parental control over such interactions.
Students under 18 — particularly LGBTQ students — may lose access to in‑school gender‑identity counseling, support, and referrals, reducing available health and mental‑health resources for vulnerable youth.
Student privacy may be harmed if school staff are required or pressured to disclose a student's gender‑identity information to parents, deterring minors from seeking help and support at school.
Teachers, counselors, and contracted providers face legal risk and restrictions that could chill supportive conversations with students, reducing educators' ability to provide guidance and care.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Conditions federal K–12 funds on schools not providing gender-identity counseling or social-transition assistance to students under 18 and allows parents to sue for injunctive relief.
Introduced March 18, 2026 by Anna Luna · Last progress March 18, 2026
Conditions federal K–12 education funding on public schools' compliance with new limits on counseling: school employees and contractors may not provide counseling, therapy, guidance, or assistance related to a student's gender identity or social transition for students under 18, nor advise students to hide their gender identity or transition from parents. Parents are given a federal private right of action to seek injunctive relief in district court if a school violates these rules.