Say No to Indoctrination Act

Federal K-12 grant money could not pay to teach gender ideology — the term is defined by executive order.

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Public schools that take federal K-12 money could not spend it to teach or promote what the bill calls gender ideology. The limit would join a short list of things that money already cannot pay for. It follows the money, so state and local dollars would not be touched. A school could still teach the subject on its own dime. The bill does not say which lessons would cross the line. For the meaning of the term it points to one section of a 2025 executive order. That section describes a set of beliefs rather than listing banned material. Districts would be left to judge for themselves where the edge sits, or to wait for the Education Department to say. Only funds under the main federal school law are covered. Special education and school meal money ride on other laws and are untouched. The bill adds no new fine or penalty. Money spent the wrong way could still be clawed back under the rules that already cover federal school grants.