Requires private schools receiving public tuition funds to not discriminate on the basis of gender identity or expression and to affirm the identities of all students, so more legal recognition and access for transgender students in participating private schools.
Participating private schools shall not discriminate in admissions, enrollment, discipline, retention, or access to educational programs and services on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, special education status, language proficiency, or socioeconomic status.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2026-02-11: Continued to next session in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill imposes nondiscrimination and identity-affirmation requirements on private schools receiving public funds, explicitly including gender identity or expression; this expands legal recognition of and access for transgender students in the context of private education funded by public tuition assistance. No provisions address firearms, abortion, or immigration enforcement.
Related bills
HB359Private elementary or secondary school; use of public funds for tuition, standards.↑Expands transgender recognition & access Committee
HB158Abuse or neglect of a child; transition of a child to sex or gender other than biological sex.↓Restricts transgender recognition & access↓Restricts transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)
HB532Sage's Law; minor students experiencing gender incongruence, etc.↓Restricts transgender recognition & access↓Restricts transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)
HB721Parents of public school children; fundamental right to opt children out of certain ed. content.↓Restricts transgender recognition & access↓Restricts transgender recognition & access Died (session ended)
Hearings and calendar
2026-02-09 08:00 · Hearing · House Education Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2026-02-11 00:00 · Hearing · House Appropriations: Elementary & Secondary Education Hearing House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200
2026-02-11 00:00 · Hearing · House Appropriations Hearing House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2026-02-09
H
Reported from Education with substitute and referred to Appropriations (13-Y 7-N)