US EditionTexas bill would cut school funding over teacher support for gender transitions
- Texas lawmakers introduced HB 1655 and SB 12 in 2025 to prohibit school employees from assisting students' social gender transitions without parental consent and allow fines for violations.
- These bills emerged amid concerns that educators facilitate social transitions secretly, prompting mandates for school district policies and empowering the attorney general to sue noncompliant districts.
- Supporters argue the bills protect parental rights and prevent irreversible harm, citing cases where students were socially transitioned without parent knowledge, while opponents warn the laws could harm LGBTQ students and limit educators.
- Rep. Nathan Schatzline emphasized that schools should not conceal agendas or conduct social experiments, while opponents argue that the legislation could discourage educators from fully engaging and potentially harm the mental health and academic success of LGBTQ students.
- If enacted, the legislation would impose fines on schools and empower civil suits for assisting social transitions, signaling intensified scrutiny on gender identity facilitation in Texas public schools.
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Texas bill would cut school funding over teacher support for gender transitions
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas House Education Committee heard a bill to prohibit public and charter school teachers from assisting in the social gender transition of a student. House Bill 1655 would require all school districts to implement their own policies prohibiting teachers from assisting. If those policies are violated, the state would remove funding for the entire school district. "That means not changing names or pronouns, not hiding inf…
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