24RS HB 376

House Bill 376

Actions

Last Action	01/25/24: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to children and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	481
Sponsors	S. Stalker, A. Camuel, C. Aull, T. Bojanowski, L. Burke, D. Grossberg, R. Palumbo
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 158.1415 to remove provisions related to parental rights and courses, curriculums, or programs on human sexuality, provide for a process for parents to opt out of their child receiving instruction on the subject of human sexuality; amend KRS 158.191 to remove provisions requiring a school obtain parental consent prior to providing health services or mental health services to students; remove language concerning policies to encourage or facilitate conversations between parents and students; remove language limiting Kentucky Board of Education or Department of Education policies regarding student confidential information and the use of pronouns; require a local school district to use pronouns for students that the student requests; amend KRS 158.189 to remove findings and requirements that a local board of education adopt a policy on privacy and the use of student facilities; require a school to provide an accommodation to a students who asserts to school officials that their gender is different from their biological sex that includes the use of facilities designated for the gender of which the students identify; permit alternate accommodations upon the student's request; repeal KRS 311.372, which prohibits treatments to a minor for purposes of attempting to alter the appearance or perception of the minor's sex; EMERGENCY.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Facilities use by students of opposite biological sex, authorization Education, Elementary and Secondary - Health services related to human sexuality, parental rights, modification Education, Elementary and Secondary - Human sexuality programs, parental rights, requirements, modification Effective Dates, Emergency - Parent and student rights, public education, provision Effective Dates, Emergency - Medical treatments inconsistent with student's sex, repeal prohibition Health and Medical Services - Treatments to minors inconsistent with sex, repeal prohibition Parental Rights - Treatments to minors inconsistent with sex, repeal prohibition Children and Minors - Health services related to human sexuality, parental rights, modification Children and Minors - Human sexuality programs, parental rights, modification Children and Minors - Medical treatments inconsistent with student's sex, repeal prohibition Children and Minors - School bathroom use by students of opposite biological sex, modification