HB973 - Relating to prohibiting a court, administrative agency, or other tribunal from requiring certain amendments to a public school student's permanent record.

  89R3165 TSS-D     By: Noble H.B. No. 973       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting a court, administrative agency, or other   tribunal from requiring certain amendments to a public school   student's permanent record.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 25, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 25.0023 to read as follows:           Sec.   25.0023.     AMENDMENT OF STUDENT PERMANENT RECORD. (a)   In this section, "biological sex" means the physical condition of   being male or female as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes,   and endogenous profile of the individual at birth.           (b)     A court, administrative agency, or other tribunal may   not order or otherwise require a school district employee to amend a   student's permanent record to reflect the student's sex to be   different than the student's biological sex.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.