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D By: Schatzline H.B. No. 1655 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating toD By: Schatzline H.B. No. 3616 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 11, Education Code, is amended by adding Subchapter I to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER I. ASSISTANCE WITH SOCIAL TRANSITIONING PROHIBITED Sec. 11.401. SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY: ASSISTANCE WITH SOCIAL TRANSITIONING PROHIBITED. (a) In this subchapter, "social transitioning" means a person's transition from the gender identity associated with the person's biological sex assigned at birth to an alternative gender identity through the adoption of a different name, different pronouns, or other expressions of gender, including clothing and hairstyles, that are: (1) typically associated with the biological sex opposite of the pe…BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 11, Education Code, is amended by adding Subchapter I to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER I. ASSISTANCE WITH SOCIAL TRANSITIONING PROHIBITED Sec. 11.401. SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY: ASSISTANCE WITH SOCIAL TRANSITIONING PROHIBITED. (a) In this subchapter, "social transitioning" means a person's transition from the gender identity associated with the person's biological sex assigned at birth to an alternative gender identity through the adoption of a different name, different pronouns, or other expressions of gender, including clothing and hairstyles, that are: (1) typically associated with the biological sex opposite of the pe…
suspected violation of the policy adopted under Subsection (bsuspected violation of the policy adopted under Subsection (b
and determine whether the violation occurred. If the board determines that a district employee has assisted a student enrolled at the district with social transitioning, the board shall immediately report the violation to the commissionerand determine whether the violation occurred. If the board determines that a district employee has assisted a minor who is a student enrolled at the district with social transitioning, the board shall immediately report the violation to the commissioner
If the commissioner finds on an appeal under Section 7.057 that a school district has violated this section, or if the board of trustees of a district notifies the commissioner about a violation of the district's policy adopted under Subsection (b), notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner shall withhold the funding to which the district is entitled under Chapters 46, 48, and 49 for the school year during which the violation occurred. The commissioner may adjust the district's entitlement to funding under those chapters for subsequent school years as necessary to recover any state funding already paid to the district for the school year in which the violation occurred. SECTION 2. Sec…If the commissioner finds on an appeal under Section 7.057 that a school district has violated this section, or if the board of trustees of a district notifies the commissioner about a violation of the district's policy adopted under Subsection (b), notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner shall withhold the funding to which the district is entitled under Chapters 46, 48, and 49 for the school year during which the violation occurred. The commissioner may adjust the district's entitlement to funding under those chapters for subsequent school years as necessary to recover any state funding already paid to the district for the school year in which the violation occurred. SECTION 2. Sec…
beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. SECTION 4. This Act takes effectbeginning with the 2025-2026 school year. SECTION 6. This Act takes effect