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Culture & Conversation Abortion
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HR 264
Failed to Pass
Apr 13, 2016
Primary Sponsors: 1
Co-sponsors: 6
Total Sponsors: 7
HR 264 would urge the State Board of Education to reject the recently proposed Statement and Guidance on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Students.
The proposed statement recommends goals and guidelines to better protect LGBTQ students and encourages districts to (among others):
The proposed statement also provides guidance to support transgender and gender nonconforming students. Such guidelines include, but are not limited to:
This resolution argues against the proposal, in part, because it “directs schools to allow children, without parental knowledge or consent, to identify with a gender other than that which is recognized by their parents” and it “directs school staff to address and treat students by the name and gender they choose, while recommending a confidentiality policy that directs schools to purposefully deceive parents.”
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