SB154 HFAT Ellington

Webber 3349

Delegate Ellington moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

“A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §18-5-29, relating to prohibiting instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity; setting forth definitions; creating exceptions to prohibition against instruction; prohibiting a public school and the county board employees assigned to the school from knowingly giving false or misleading information to the parent, custodian, or guardian of a student regarding the student’s gender identity or intention to transition to a gender that is different than the student’s biological sex; requiring a public school employee to report a student's request for an accommodation that is intended to affirm the student's gender identity from a person employed by the public school to an administrator employed by the county board and assigned to the school; requiring the administrator to report the student's request to the student’s parent, custodian, or guardian; providing that a complaint may be filed in pursuant to state board rule for violations of these provisions, providing that school personnel found in violation of this section may be subjected to discipline or dismissal pursuant statute; providing that the state board, in consultation with the Higher Education Policy Commission, shall promulgate rules to implement section; allowing the Attorney General to enforce compliance; and providing that the provisions of this act are severable”;

Adopted

Rejected