I 
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 Fed-
eral 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Parental Rights Over 
The Education and Care of Their Kids Act’’ or the ‘‘PRO-
TECT Kids Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The law in the United States has long rec-
ognized the importance of parental rights. A par-
ent’s right to oversee the care and education of their 
child is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. 
(2) Parents have a fundamental, constitu-
tionally guaranteed right to raise and educate their 
children in the way that they choose. 
(3) Public schools across the country are vio-
lating these fundamental parental and familial rights 
by deliberately hiding information about gender 
transitioning children from their parents. 
(4) School staff in Montgomery County Public 
Schools in Maryland instruct teachers to form ‘‘gen-
der transition plans’’ for students without the knowl-
edge or consent of the student’s family. 
(5) An Iowa public school district was sued for 
allowing children as young as 12 to create ‘‘gender 
support plans’’ without the knowledge or consent of 
the students’ parents. 
(6) Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia 
has required all teachers to complete a training pro-
gram saying that parental permission is not required 
for students who seek to be addressed by different 
names or pronouns. 
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(7) Regardless of their intentions, these schools 
are sabotaging the parent-child relationship and en-
couraging children to keep secrets from the adults 
who are charged with protecting and defending 
them—their parents. 
(8) Children do best when their parents are ac-
tively involved in their education. School districts, 
activist organizations, and teachers unions must 
never be allowed to intrude on parental rights by 
concealing critical information from parents about 
their children. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT RELATED TO GENDER MARKERS, 
PRONOUNS, AND PREFERRED NAMES ON 
SCHOOL FORMS. 
As a condition of receiving Federal funds, any ele-
mentary school (as such term is defined in section 8101 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801)) or school that consists of only middle 
grades (as such term is defined in such section), that re-
ceives Federal funds shall be required to obtain parental 
consent before— 
(1) changing a minor child’s gender markers, 
pronouns, or preferred name on any school form; or 
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(2) allowing a child to change the child’s sex- 
based accommodations, including locker rooms or 
bathrooms. 
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