Say No to Indoctrination Act

Schools could not use federal K-12 grant money to teach gender ideology — a term set by executive order.

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Public schools that take federal K-12 money could not use it to teach or promote what the bill calls gender ideology. The limit would join a short list of uses that money is already barred from. It rides on the money, so state and local dollars would not be touched. A school could still teach the subject with its own funds. Which lessons would cross the line is never spelled out. For the meaning of the term, the bill points to one section of a 2025 executive order. That section lays out a view of sex and gender. It names no book, class, or lesson. Districts would have to judge the edge for themselves, or wait for the Education Department to say. The bill cites one published version of that order. So it is unsettled whether a later President could change the rule by rewriting it. Either way, the wording was never voted on. Only money under the main federal school law is covered. Special education, school meal, and career training grants ride on other laws and stay untouched. The bill adds no new fine or penalty. Money spent the wrong way could still be clawed back the way any federal school grant already can be.