Prohibits public schools from disciplining employees for using pronouns or terms based on biological sex rather than gender identity, so less legal recognition of and access to gender-identity-based language in schools.
A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not 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.
Defines and protects use of terms based on biological sex in public school employee interactions, limiting recognition of gender identity in that context.
protection for a public school employee's use of terms consistent with biological sex
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a new Education Code section barring public schools from taking adverse action against employees who use biological-sex-based terms when addressing students or staff, which restricts legal recognition of and access for transgender people in the school setting under the transgender/education and transgender/other topics. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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)