SB 1085 - This act prohibits public school staff members from encouraging minor students in their "social transition", defined as engaging in certain activities with the goal of helping a student become perceived as a member of the opposite biological sex. A school staff member shall notify the principal or the principal's designee within 24 hours of a minor student's request that the staff member assist with the student's social transition. The principal shall notify the parents of such student within 72 hours of the initial request for assistance.
No staff member of any public school shall engage in any conduct that facilitates the social transition of any minor student, including any counseling that affirms such student's self-identification as a biological sex other than such student's actual biological sex. No staff member of any public school shall initiate a conversation with, or deliver any presentation or lesson to, any minor student regarding gender transition, as such term is defined in current law.
A school employee who discloses a violation of this act by a school official shall be protected from any manner of retaliation as set forth in current law. If a school district discovers that a licensed educator has knowingly violated any provision of this act, the school district shall initiate proceedings seeking to terminate the employment of such staff member and to suspend or revoke the individual's teaching license, as provided in the act.
The Attorney General may bring a civil action, including an action for injunctive relief, against a school district or school for any violation of this act. Any parent of a minor student may bring a civil action, including an action for injunctive relief or for damages, against the school district or public school in which such minor student is enrolled for any violation of this act. If the parent prevails, the court shall award to such parent court costs and reasonable attorney's fees and any other damages or remedy which in the judgment of the court shall be appropriate.
OLIVIA SHANNON