THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
AL HB354 (2023)
Relating to education; to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-290, now appearing as Section 16-40A-5, Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit classroom instruction related to gender identity or sexual orientation in public K-12 schools at certain grade levels and in any grade level in a manner that is not age or developmentally appropriate; to require parents to be notified if there is a change in services or monitoring relating to his or her child's mental, emotional, or physical health; to require parents to be notified of health care services available to students and to allow a parent to opt his or her child out; to require parental consent for certain health care screenings or questionnaires for K-12 students; to provide parents with procedures to express their concern with a local board of education's compliance with certain policies; and to provide a remedy in certain situations.
Anti-LGBTQ+
Summary
Relating to education; to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-290, now appearing as Section 16-40A-5, Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit classroom instruction related to gender identity or…
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Session
- Regular Session 2023
- Stage reported
- Introduced Session adjourned
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Read First Time in House of Origin
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Don't Say Gay: ElementaryDon't Say Trans: ElementaryForced Outing By Schools
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Apr 20, 2023) at legislature.state.al.us(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Read First Time in House of Origin | |
| House | Introduced and Referred to House Education Policy |
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