Senate Bill 1166 Summary

• Public schools must notify parents within five school days when an employee or independent contractor first addresses, identifies, or refers to a student under age 18 by a pronoun differing from the student's biological sex or by a first name other than the one listed in official school records.

• Employees and independent contractors may address students by nicknames commonly associated with their registered name without triggering parental notification requirements.

• Schools cannot compel employees or independent contractors to use pronouns that differ from those aligning with a person's biological sex if doing so conflicts with their religious or moral convictions.

• School district governing boards and charter school governing bodies must adopt policies to implement these requirements.

• Defines "biological sex" as a person's immutable biological characteristics determined by anatomy, physiology, genetics, and hormones at the time of birth.