Protects public school employees from discipline for using pronouns or terms based on biological sex rather than gender identity when addressing students or staff, so less recognition of transgender students' gender identity in schools.
A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not terminate, discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against a district or school employee who addresses a student or another district or school employee in terms consistent with the biological sex of the student or employee.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new Education Code section protecting school employees from adverse actions for using biological-sex-based terms (e.g., pronouns) with students or staff, which directly limits school policies or practices that would require or encourage recognition of transgender students' asserted gender identity.
Related bills
HB805Relating to a task force to study the legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender persons.↑Expands transgender recognition & access↑Expands transgender recognition & access Filed
SB37Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.↓Restricts abortion access=No change to transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)
SB64Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.↓Restricts abortion access=No change to transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)
SB1999Relating to protection for a public employee's or student's use of terms consistent with biological sex.↓Restricts transgender recognition & access↓Restricts transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)