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Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act

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119th
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2025-04-03
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Tim Walberg
Tim Walberg
Republican · MI · Representative
Votes with party: 97.9% (577 recorded votes)

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2026-05-21

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Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act or the PROTECT Kids Act This bill requires public elementary and middle schools, as a condition of receiving certain federal funds for elementary and secondary education, to obtain parental consent before changing a student's gender on school forms or changing a student's sex-based accommodations. Specifically, an elementary school or a school consisting of only grades 5-8 must obtain parental consent before changing a minor student's (1) gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form; or (2) sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2616 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No. 377 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2616 [Report No. 119-441] To require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 3, 2025 Mr. Walberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce January 13, 2026 Additional sponsors: Mr. Owens, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Onder, and Mr. Kiley of California January 13, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 3, 2025] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act'' or the ``PROTECT Kids Act''. SEC. 2. PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIREMENT RELATED TO GENDER MARKERS, PRONOUNS, AND PREFERRED NAMES ON SCHOOL FORMS AND SEX- BASED ACCOMMODATIONS. (a) Requirement.--As a condition of receiving funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), a public school that receives funds under such Act shall obtain parental consent before changing a covered student's-- (1) gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form; or (2) sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms. (b) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Covered student.--The term ``covered student'' means a minor who is-- (A) an elementary school student; or (B) a student in any of the middle grades. (2) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'', ``middle grades'', and ``parent'' have the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). Union Calendar No. 377 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2616 [Report No. 119-441] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms. _______________________________________________________________________ January 13, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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