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Utah enacted S.B. 100, barring schools from changing students' gender-identity records without parental consent

On February 16, 2023, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed S.B. 100, "School Gender Identity Policies," enacting Utah Code 53E-9-205. The law requires schools and local education agencies to ensure no policy shields a student's education record from the parent, and specifically bars any change to a student's education record regarding gender identity that does not conform to the student's sex without written parental consent. Because gender identity is the only record category singled out for this requirement, a school cannot document a student's social transition without parental notification and sign-off.

Jurisdiction
Utah
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah

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On February 16, 2023, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed Senate Bill 100, "School Gender Identity Policies," into law. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Todd D. Weiler and carried on the House floor by Rep. Stephanie Gricius, and was enacted by the Utah State Legislature during the 2023 General Session as Chapter 13, creating Utah Code 53E-9-205.

The law requires schools and local education agencies to ensure that no policy prevents a student's parent from accessing the student's education record, and it specifically bars a school or LEA from making any change to a student's education record regarding gender identity that does not conform to the student's sex without written parental consent. Gender identity is the single category of record singled out for this consent-and-disclosure requirement. Because a school cannot accommodate or document a student's social transition, such as a name or gender-marker change in the record, without first notifying the parent and obtaining consent, contemporaneous Utah reporting described the measure as a forced-outing mechanism: KUER reported that the bill "would require schools to inform parents" of a child's gender transition.

Why we recorded this

Public schools generally may keep a student's disclosures in confidence when a child is not ready to share them, an accommodation that protects vulnerable students. Utah overrode that discretion by barring schools from changing a student's education record regarding gender identity without written parental consent, singling out gender identity as the one category subject to mandatory parental sign-off. The effect is that a school cannot document or accommodate a student's social transition without notifying the parent, a forced-disclosure mechanism this archive records because it strips transgender students of control over when and to whom they are outed.

Sources

  1. S.B. 100 School Gender Identity Policies — bill status/history page (Governor Signed 2023-02-16) — Utah State Legislature primary accessed July 17, 2026
  2. S.B. 100 School Gender Identity Policies — enrolled bill text — Utah State Legislature primary accessed July 17, 2026
  3. Here's what Utah Sen. Todd Weiler's bill on gender identity in schools actually does — KUER secondary accessed July 17, 2026

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