Senators Marshall and Risch Introduce Bill to Ban Radical Leftist ‘Gender Theory’ in Schools

Washington – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) in introducing the Say No to Indoctrination Act, which would codify President Trump’s executive order from January 2025, preventing taxpayer dollars from funding radical gender ideology in K-12 schools.

“As American students lag behind globally in math, reading, and writing, the last thing our taxpayer-funded teachers and schools should be doing is teaching radical leftist nonsense like so-called gender theory,” said Senator Marshall. “I’m proud to support this legislation to codify President Trump’s executive order, and ensure our children’s education is focused on meaningful, future-ready skills, not woke ideology.”

“Schools should prepare our children for the future, not promote radical gender ideology,” said Senator Risch. “The Say No to Indoctrination Act puts an end to woke education practices in K-12 schools and makes President Trump’s common-sense policy permanent.”

The bill is also cosponsored by Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ted Budd (R-North Carolina), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama).

The legislation has also received support from Concerned Women for America and American Principles Project.

Background:

• Senator Marshall has long fought to protect the safety, health, and dignity of children from the pernicious forces of the radical left by:
  • Reintroducing the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act, which prohibits the use of federal funding for gender transition procedures and bars federal healthcare facilities, physicians, and providers from providing such procedures.
  • Introducing the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act, which prohibits any person, or the minor in question, from engaging in interstate commerce to perform, attempting to perform, conspiring to perform, or providing a referral for any gender transition procedure, including surgeries, hormone treatments, and other therapies, on a minor.
  • Bringing together a coalition to sound the alarm on the extreme gender ideology war being waged against America’s children and to talk about solutions, including the Safeguarding the Overall Protection of Minors Act.
  • Introducing his School Lunch Congressional Resolution Act (CRA) of disapproval that would prevent the USDA from retaliating against schools that do not comply with the Biden Administration’s transgender agenda in schools. Senator Marshall originally introduced this CRA in July after 22 schools began suing the USDA for weaponizing their lunch funding against those who don’t adhere to the transgender agenda. 

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Contact: Payton Fuller