Stop the Sexualization of Children Act

Key Points

• The bill would block federal education funds from being used for any school program, activity, or materials given to kids under 18 that contain sexually oriented content, including exposure to nudity, stripping, or lewd dancing.
• The bill defines sexually oriented material to include anything that involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism, meaning schools could lose funding for materials or programs that address transgender topics.
• Standard science classes covering biology, anatomy, and related subjects are protected and would not be affected by the funding restriction.
• The bill also protects teaching of major world religious texts and specific pre-defined lists of classic literature and classic art from being cut off from funding.
• Which books and art count as protected classics is defined by specific outside lists, such as the Great Books of the Western World and a Smarthistory AP Art History guide, rather than left to local school discretion.