H.R.5 School Gender-Recognition Consent and Notification Mandate
Conditions federal education funds on parental consent before public schools may recognize a minor student's gender markers, pronouns, preferred name, or sex-based accommodations (locker rooms, bathrooms), and on parental notification when schools permit individuals of male biological sex to participate in female athletic programs or use female restrooms and changing rooms. (118th Congress)
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Mandatory outing provisions endanger LGBTQ+ youth; contradicts FERPA student privacy protections.
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Conditions federal education funding on (1) parental affirmative-consent as a categorical gate to school recognition of a student's gender markers, pronouns, preferred name, or sex-based accommodations; and (2) parental right-to-know about biological-sex-based athletic and facility-access enforcement. The parental-consent provision is the identical statutory mechanism later isolated as H.R.2616 (119th, "PROTECT Kids Act"). Verified against the CRS-published reported and passed-House bill summaries.