The Louisiana Senate recently enacted the “Given Name Act” will restrict Louisiana public schools faculty from using alternate pronouns and names used by transgender and nonbinary students in K-12 without written parental permission. This bill was issued in May of 2024. Teachers and school personnel must use the student’s legal name and pronouns that correlate to their birth sex. The bill allows employers the right to refuse the students if it goes against their religious or moral beliefs. Louisiana is the second state to enact this bill. Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a similar bill into law last year.
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Given Name Act goes into effect
August 23, 2024
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