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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4892 

To require elementary and middle schools that receive Federal funds to 

obtain parental consent before changing a minor child’s gender markers, 

pronouns, or preferred name on any school form, allowing a child to 

change the child’s sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms 

or bathrooms. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mr. GRAHAM) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To require elementary and middle schools that receive Federal funds to obtain parental consent before changing 

a minor child’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred 

name on any school form, allowing a child to change 

the child’s sex-based accommodations, including locker 

rooms or bathrooms. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Parental Rights Over 

3 the Education and Care of Their Kids Act’’ or the ‘‘PRO4 TECT Kids Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) The law in the United States has long rec8 ognized the importance of parental rights. A par9 ent’s right to oversee the care and education of their 

10 child is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. 

11 (2) Parents have a fundamental, constitu12 tionally guaranteed right to raise and educate their 

13 children in the way that they choose. 

14 (3) Public schools across the country are vio15 lating these fundamental parental and familial rights 

16 by deliberately hiding information about gender 

17 transitioning children from their parents. 

18 (4) School staff in Montgomery County Public 

19 Schools in Maryland instruct teachers to form ‘‘gen20 der transition plans’’ for students without the knowl21 edge or consent of the student’s family. 

22 (5) An Iowa public school district was sued for 

23 allowing children as young as 12 to create ‘‘gender 

24 support plans’’ without the knowledge or consent of 

25 the students’ parents. 


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1 (6) Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia 

2 has required all teachers to complete a training pro3 gram saying that parental permission is not required 

4 for students who seek to be addressed by different 

5 names or pronouns. 

6 (7) Regardless of their intentions, these schools 

7 are sabotaging the parent-child relationship and en8 couraging children to keep secrets from the adults 

9 who are charged with protecting and defending 

10 them—their parents. 

11 (8) Children do best when their parents are ac12 tively involved in their education. School districts, 

13 activist organizations, and teachers unions must 

14 never be allowed to intrude on parental rights by 

15 concealing critical information from parents about 

16 their children. 

17 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT RELATED TO GENDER MARKERS, 

18 PRONOUNS, AND PREFERRED NAMES ON 

19 SCHOOL FORMS. 

20 As a condition of receiving Federal funds, any ele21 mentary school (as such term is defined in section 8101 

22 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

23 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) or school that consists of only middle 

24 grades (as such term is defined in such section), that reVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:38 Sep 23, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4892.IS S4892

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1 ceives Federal funds shall be required to obtain parental 

2 consent before— 

3 (1) changing a minor child’s gender markers, 

4 pronouns, or preferred name on any school form; or 

5 (2) allowing a child to change the child’s sex6 based accommodations, including locker rooms or 

7 bathrooms. 

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