HR 2616
Passed a chamber
Requires public elementary and middle schools that receive Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to get parental consent before changing a student's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on school forms or their sex-based accommodations, such as locker rooms and bathrooms.
Official title: Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-APR-2025
Referred
03-APR-2025
Approved by committee
09-APR-2025
Reported
13-JAN-2026
On the calendar
13-JAN-2026
Passed
20-MAY-2026
Senate
Received
21-MAY-2026
- Makes parental consent a condition of receiving Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds for public elementary and middle schools.
- Covers changes to a minor's gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form, and changes to sex-based accommodations including locker rooms or bathrooms.
- Limits the consent requirement to students in elementary school or the middle grades, using definitions from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
- Amends Section 8526 of that Act to bar using its funds to teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology, as defined by reference to Executive Order 14168.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-APR-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 20-MAY-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.govEducation
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3 Republicans
1 Independent