Bill · S. 2702· Senate(119-S-2702)
Empower Parents to Protect their Kids Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 9/3/2025
- Last activity
- 9/3/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Sponsored by
- Jim Banks
- Cosponsors
- - 8 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The "Empower Parents to Protect their Kids Act of 2025" requires elementary and secondary schools to get express parental consent before affirming a student's identity that differs from their biological sex. It prohibits school employees from hiding a student's gender transition desires from parents or encouraging students to keep this information secret. Schools must provide written compliance policies to families and post them publicly on their websites. To receive Federal funds, schools must follow these requirements. The bill also allows parents or the Attorney General to take civil action against schools that violate these rules.
Yes
Does this give the federal government more power?+6
The bill uses federal funding as leverage to mandate specific local school policies nationwide.
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?+4
Requires schools to publicly post their compliance policies on their websites.
The opposite· 3 of 12
Would LGBTQ people be better off under this?-9
Directly targets and restricts the affirmation and social transition of transgender youth.
Does this expand the rights of LGBTQ people?-8
The bill restricts the ability of students to affirm gender identities and prohibits schools from supporting transitions without parental consent.
Does this put more money into public schools?-7
Schools that do not comply with the act's requirements will lose their eligibility for Federal funds.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Parental Oversight: Parents and legal guardians are ensured their right to be informed and provide consent before schools affirm a student's identity incongruent with their sex or refer them to medical providers for gender transition procedures (Section 3(b)(1)).
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Transparency in Education: Families gain access to the specific written policies schools use to ensure compliance with parental rights, as these must be provided to families and posted on school websites (Section 3(d)(2)).
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Legal Recourse for Parents: Parents who are adversely affected by violations can sue for injunctive relief, declaratory relief, and reasonable attorney's fees (Section 3(e)(4)(A)-(B)).
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Recovery Support: In the event of a violation, the court can order payment for treatments or therapy to repair harm to the child resulting from a gender transition, as determined by the parent and medical providers (Section 3(e)(4)(C)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Loss of School Funding: Elementary or secondary schools that do not comply with these parental consent and information-sharing requirements will not be eligible for Federal funds (Section 3(b)).
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Financial Risk for Plaintiffs: If a parent or qualified party brings a lawsuit that the court finds was frivolous, they may be required to pay the defendant's reasonable attorney's fees (Section 3(e)(5)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For L G B T Q Community-9Good For Students-5Good For Children-4Good For Low Income Households-2Good For Union Workers-2
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves L G B T Q Rights-8Improves Gender Equality-5
- Education And Technology
- Increases Public School Funding-7
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power+6Improves Government Transparency+4Improves Privacy Rights-6Increase States Rights-5Improves Freedom Of Speech-3
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Union Protections-2
- 9/29/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 12/17/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 9/9/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 9/4/2025
- 5 Cosponsors added.
- 9/3/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced in Senate
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