{"id":10247,"date":"2026-05-20T16:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/us-house-passes-sweeping-gender-ideology-bill-aimed-at-trans-kids-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:53:12","slug":"us-house-passes-sweeping-gender-ideology-bill-aimed-at-trans-kids-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/us-house-passes-sweeping-gender-ideology-bill-aimed-at-trans-kids-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"US House passes sweeping \u2018gender ideology\u2019 bill aimed at trans kids in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/schoolclassroom-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"A classroom at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in South Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps\/Utah News Dispatch)\" \/><figcaption>\n<p>A classroom at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in South Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 12, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps\/Utah News Dispatch)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday that would require parental consent before a public elementary or middle school can update a student\u2019s pronouns, gender markers or preferred name on records in order to receive federal funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/billsthisweek\/20260427\/RCP_H2616_H2617_xml.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">measure<\/a> \u2014 which succeeded\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2026184\" target=\"_blank\">217-198<\/a> \u2014\u00a0would also bar federal funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 that provides federal aid to schools from being used \u201cto teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Eight Democrats broke ranks with their party to vote for the Republican-led effort, including: Reps. Vicente Gonzalez and Henry Cuellar of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina, Cleo Fields of Louisiana, Laura Gillen of New York, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington state and Eugene Vindman of Virginia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fifteen House members did not vote.<\/p>\n<h4>Parental consent\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The bill would also require schools to get permission from parents before changing \u201csex-based accommodations\u201d to allow a student to access a locker room or bathroom consistent with their gender identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Tim Walberg, chair of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, said during floor debate the measure \u201ctakes monumental strides to restore parental rights and educational sanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The bill \u201caffirms the right of parents to be in charge of their children\u2019s upbringing and ensures schools remain partners in a child\u2019s education\u201d and \u201calso establishes clear guardrails to ensure taxpayer dollars are used to support learning, not indoctrinate kids in radical ideology and agendas,\u201d the Michigan Republican added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Walberg led the bill alongside Rep. Burgess Owens, a Utah Republican who brought forth a separate measure that was later looped in and bars the use of federal funds \u201cto teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The bill draws on a definition of \u201cgender ideology\u201d in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government\/\" target=\"_blank\">January 2025 executive order<\/a> signed by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The order defines \u201cgender ideology\u201d as \u201cthe idea that there is a vast spectrum of genders that are disconnected from one\u2019s sex.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">GLAAD, an LGBTQ+ advocacy group, noted in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/fact-sheet-for-reporters-term-to-avoid-gender-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\">fact sheet<\/a> that \u201cgender ideology\u201d is \u201can inaccurate term deployed by opponents to undermine and dehumanize transgender and nonbinary people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>House Dems, LGBTQ+ advocacy groups blast bill\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Bobby Scott, ranking member of the House Education and Workforce panel, blasted the measure during floor debate, saying it would \u201cimpose a rigid federal mandate that ignores context, disregards students\u2019 safety and prioritizes politics over people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Virginia Democrat noted that the bill \u201cbars any discussion of transgender people or topics in the classroom, including \u201cbanning books with transgender characters\u201d or discussing \u201cthe existence of transgender people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Scott noted that the bill \u201ctakes away state and local control of curriculum on education \u2014 the very thing that the current administration claims they\u2019re giving back to states by illegally dismantling the Department of Education.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Fears students will be outed<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rep. Mark Takano, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, criticized the legislation ahead of floor debate as the \u201cDon\u2019t say trans bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The California Democrat told States Newsroom he was concerned the measure would force school officials to out students to their parents, regardless of whether the official knew the student could suffer harm.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Takano, who also sits on the House education panel, also expressed concern that in the case where parents are supportive of their child using different pronouns, \u201cif the teacher uses a different pronoun, that could be interpreted as \u2018promoting gender ideology.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said \u201cwe can\u2019t discount that this administration will use a maximalist interpretation of the law, which would make even the case where\u201d a student with supportive parents of trans children \u201ccould not go by the preferred nickname.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">David Stacy, vice president of government affairs for the Human Rights Campaign, condemned the bill as \u201ccruel\u201d and noted the LGBTQ+ advocacy group was \u201cprepared to fight it,\u201d in a statement shared with States Newsroom ahead of the vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTrans kids are not a political agenda \u2014 they are students who deserve safety and affirmation at school like anyone else,\u201d Stacy added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cDespite the many pressing issues facing our nation, House Republicans continue their bizarre obsession with trans people,\u201d he said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A classroom at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in South Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 12, 2024. 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