House
File
367
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
367
BY
STONE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
school
districts
and
charter
schools
from
1
taking
disciplinary
action
against
employees,
contractors,
2
or
students
for
the
use
of
legal
names
or
for
the
failure
to
3
use
personal
pronouns
in
official
communications.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5
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Section
1.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0j.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
3
requirements
of
section
279.77
relating
to
the
prohibition
on
4
disciplinary
action
for
the
use
of
legal
names
and
for
the
5
failure
to
use
personal
pronouns
in
official
communications
in
6
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district.
7
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.77
Prohibition
on
disciplinary
8
action
——
use
of
legal
names
——
failure
to
use
personal
pronouns.
9
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
shall
10
not
take
any
disciplinary
action
against
an
employee
of
the
11
school
district,
a
contractor
hired
by
the
school
district,
12
or
a
student
enrolled
in
the
school
district
for
addressing
13
other
employees,
contractors,
or
students
using
the
employee’s,
14
contractor’s,
or
student’s
legal
name.
15
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
shall
not
16
take
any
disciplinary
action
against
an
employee
of
the
school
17
district,
a
contractor
hired
by
the
school
district,
or
a
18
student
enrolled
in
the
school
district
for
failing
to
disclose
19
or
use
any
personal
pronouns
in
the
greeting
or
signature
block
20
of
any
form
of
official
communication,
including
letters,
21
forms,
notes,
or
electronic
mail.
22
3.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“disciplinary
action”
23
includes
termination
of
employment,
suspension
from
employment,
24
demotion,
expulsion
from
school,
suspension
from
school,
25
detention,
financial
penalties,
and
written
or
verbal
26
reprimands.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
prohibits
school
districts
and
charter
schools
31
from
taking
disciplinary
action
against
employees,
contractors,
32
or
students
for
the
use
of
legal
names
or
for
the
failure
to
use
33
personal
pronouns
in
official
communications.
34
The
bill
prohibits
the
board
of
directors
of
school
35
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districts
and
the
governing
boards
of
charter
schools
from
1
taking
any
disciplinary
action
against
an
employee,
contractor,
2
or
student
for
addressing
other
employees,
contractors,
or
3
students
using
the
employee’s,
contractor’s,
or
student’s
legal
4
name.
5
The
bill
prohibits
the
board
of
directors
of
school
6
districts
and
the
governing
boards
of
charter
schools
from
7
taking
any
disciplinary
action
against
an
employee,
contractor,
8
or
student
for
failing
to
disclose
or
use
any
personal
pronouns
9
in
the
greeting
or
signature
block
of
any
form
of
official
10
communication.
11
The
bill
defines
“disciplinary
action”
to
include
12
termination
of
employment,
suspension
from
employment,
13
demotion,
expulsion
from
school,
suspension
from
school,
14
detention,
financial
penalties,
and
written
or
verbal
15
reprimands.
16
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(2)
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jda/jh
2/
2