TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 22, 2023

A bill passed yesterday by the K-12 Subcommittee of the Education Administration Committee aims to shield educators who do not use the preferred pronoun of a student, WTVC reports. Under HB1269/SB0466, teachers or other public school employees would not be required to use a pronoun that is not consistent with the student's biological sex. Employees also would be insulated from civil liability and adverse employment action for their use of non-preferred pronouns.