CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Jim Banks (R-IN)

Stop the Sexualization of Children Act

S. 4925 · Senate bill Education

A Republican bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 2 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

The ``Stop the Sexualization of Children Act'' seeks to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. It proposes to prohibit the use of funds under that Act to develop, implement, host, or promote programs or materials for children under 18 that include sexually oriented material. This includes any material exposing children to nude adults, stripping, or lewd dancing. The bill provides specific definitions for what constitutes sexually oriented material. However, it also includes rules of construction to ensure certain educational topics are not prohibited.

Yes

  • Scored +2

    Would children be better off under this?

    The bill seeks to protect children from exposure to sexually oriented material in educational programs.

The opposite

  • Scored -6

    Does this expand the rights of LGBTQ people?

    The bill defines sexually oriented material to include material involving gender dysphoria or transgenderism, which restricts funding for related topics.

  • Scored -6

    Would LGBTQ people be better off under this?

    The bill includes transgenderism and gender dysphoria within the definition of prohibited sexually oriented material.

  • Scored -2

    Does this put more money into public schools?

    The bill restricts the types of programs and literature that can be funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.