Text of ME LD 678 (2023)
An Act to Require Parental Approval for Public School Employees to Use a Name or Pronoun Other than a Child's Given Name or Pronoun Corresponding to the Gender on the Child's Birth Certificate
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131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2023
Legislative Document
No. 678
H.P. 447
House of Representatives, February 16, 2023
An Act to Require Parental Approval for Public School Employees
to Use a Name or Pronoun Other than a Child's Given Name or
Pronoun Corresponding to the Gender on the Child's Birth
Certificate
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative SMITH of Palermo.
Cosponsored by Senator KEIM of Oxford and
Representatives: ANDREWS of Paris, DAVIS of East Machias, HYMES of Waldo, PAUL of
Winterport, SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, WHITE of
Guilford.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
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Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6002-A is enacted to read:
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§6002-A. Names and pronouns
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1. Public school employee defined. As used in this section, unless the context
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otherwise indicates, "public school employee" means a teacher, staff member or
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administrator of a public school or person contracted to perform services for a public
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school.
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2. Prohibitions. A public school employee may not:
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A. Use a name to address or refer to a student that does not match the name listed on
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the student's birth certificate without written permission from the student's parent or
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legal guardian; or
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B. Use a pronoun to address or refer to a student unless that pronoun corresponds to
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the gender listed on the student's birth certificate without written permission from the
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student's parent or legal guardian.
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SUMMARY
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This bill prohibits a public school employee from using a name or pronoun to address
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or refer to a student that does not match information provided on the student's birth
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certificate without written permission from the student's parent or legal guardian.
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