(A) a copy of the written policy that each 
elementary school and secondary school served 
by the State educational agency or local edu-
cational agency has to ensure compliance with 
the requirements under this section is provided 
to the head of such Federal agency and to the 
families of enrolled students; and 
(B) each such policy is clearly and publicly 
posted on the website of the school. 
(d) CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A qualified party may, in a 
civil action, obtain appropriate relief with regard to 
a designated violation. 
(2) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
REMEDIES
NOT
RE-
QUIRED.—An action under this section may be com-
menced, and relief may be granted, without regard 
to whether the party commencing the action has 
sought or exhausted any available administrative 
remedy. 
(3) DEFENDANTS
IN
ACTIONS
UNDER
THIS 
SECTION MAY INCLUDE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES 
AS WELL AS OTHERS.—An action under this section 
may be brought against any elementary school or 
secondary school receiving Federal financial assist-
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ance or any governmental entity assisting an elemen-
tary school or secondary school. 
(4) NATURE OF RELIEF.—In an action under 
this section, the court shall grant— 
(A) all appropriate relief, including injunc-
tive relief and declaratory relief; 
(B) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable at-
torneys’ fees and litigation costs; and 
(C) payment for treatments or therapy 
needed to repair harm to the child perpetuated 
by pursuit of ‘‘gender transition’’ determined 
necessary by the parent and the child’s medical 
providers. 
(5) ATTORNEYS FEES FOR DEFENDANT.—If a 
defendant in a civil action under this subsection pre-
vails and the court finds that the plaintiff’s suit was 
frivolous, the court shall award a reasonable attor-
ney’s fee in favor of the defendant against the plain-
tiff. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BIOLOGICAL
SEX.—The term ‘‘biological 
sex’’ means the biological indication of male and fe-
male as determined by reproductive potential or ca-
pacity, such as sex chromosomes, naturally occurring 
sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal 
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and external genitalia present at birth, without re-
gard to a person’s psychological, chosen, or subjec-
tive experience of gender. 
(2) DESIGNATED VIOLATION.—The term ‘‘des-
ignated violation’’ means an actual or threatened 
violation of this section. 
(3) ESEA.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ 
and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings given the 
terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) GENDER
IDENTITY.—The term ‘‘gender 
identity’’ means a person’s self-perception of their 
gender or claimed gender, regardless of the person’s 
biological sex. 
(5) GENDER TRANSITION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘gender tran-
sition’’ includes both medical transition and so-
cial transition. 
(B) MEDICAL
TRANSITION.—The term 
‘‘medical transition’’ means any medical, hor-
monal, or surgical intervention undertaken to 
alter the body of a person in order to assert an 
identity incongruent with biological sex or un-
dertaken to create or facilitate the development 
of physiological or anatomical characteristics 
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that resemble a sex different from the person’s 
biological sex. 
(C) SOCIAL TRANSITION.—The term ‘‘so-
cial transition’’ means any action taken to af-
firm a person’s asserted ‘‘gender identity’’ that 
is in contradiction to the person’s biological sex, 
including but not limited to decisions pertaining 
to the use of sex-specific facilities and accom-
modations, 
participation 
in 
sex-segregated 
sports or activities, pronoun and name usage, 
boarding, sleeping and travel arrangements for 
field trips (including overnight trips), and dress 
code guidelines. 
(6) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘gov-
ernmental entity’’ means a school district, a local 
educational agency, a school board, or any agency or 
other governmental unit or subdivision of a State re-
sponsible for education, or of such a local govern-
ment. 
(7) QUALIFIED
PARTY.—The term ‘‘qualified 
party’’ means— 
(A) the Attorney General of the United 
States; or 
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(B) any parent or legal guardian adversely 
affected by the designated violation. 
Æ 
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