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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 736 

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 or allowing a child 

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

or bathrooms. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 1, 2023 

Mr. WALBERG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

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 or 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 The Education and Care of Their Kids Act’’ or the ‘‘PRO6 TECT Kids Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The law in the United States has long rec4 ognized the importance of parental rights. A par5 ent’s right to oversee the care and education of their 

6 child is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. 

7 (2) Parents have a fundamental, constitu8 tionally guaranteed right to raise and educate their 

9 children in the way that they choose. 

10 (3) Public schools across the country are vio11 lating these fundamental parental and familial rights 

12 by deliberately hiding information about gender 

13 transitioning children from their parents. 

14 (4) School staff in Montgomery County Public 

15 Schools in Maryland instruct teachers to form ‘‘gen16 der transition plans’’ for students without the knowl17 edge or consent of the student’s family. 

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

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

20 support plans’’ without the knowledge or consent of 

21 the students’ parents. 

22 (6) Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia 

23 has required all teachers to complete a training pro24 gram saying that parental permission is not required 

25 for students who seek to be addressed by different 

26 names or pronouns. 


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1 (7) Regardless of their intentions, these schools 

2 are sabotaging the parent-child relationship and en3 couraging children to keep secrets from the adults 

4 who are charged with protecting and defending 

5 them—their parents. 

6 (8) Children do best when their parents are ac7 tively involved in their education. School districts, 

8 activist organizations, and teachers unions must 

9 never be allowed to intrude on parental rights by 

10 concealing critical information from parents about 

11 their children. 

12 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT RELATED TO GENDER MARKERS, 

13 PRONOUNS, AND PREFERRED NAMES ON 

14 SCHOOL FORMS. 

15 As a condition of receiving Federal funds, any ele16 mentary school (as such term is defined in section 8101 

17 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

18 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) or school that consists of only middle 

19 grades (as such term is defined in such section), that re20 ceives Federal funds shall be required to obtain parental 

21 consent before— 

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

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


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1 (2) allowing a child to change the child’s sex2 based accommodations, including locker rooms or 

3 bathrooms. 

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