Owens Codifies Trump Agenda, Cracks Down on K-12 Indoctrination
WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Education and Workforce Committee Vice Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) introduced the Say No to Indoctrination Act to block federal funding for discriminatory and divisive agendas in America’s K-12 classrooms. The bill, codifying President Trump’s Executive Order from January 20, 2025, stipulates that no school can use federal funds received under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to teach or advance radical gender ideology.
“Parents aren’t sending their kids to school to be indoctrinated—they want them to learn to read, write, and do math,” said Rep. Owens. “But too many schools are using taxpayer dollars to push political agendas instead of focusing on outcomes. The Say No to Indoctrination Act codifies President Trump’s commonsense executive order and puts a stop to this, ensuring that federal education funds go where they belong—into the classroom, not activism.”
The Say No to Indoctrination Act amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to prohibit the use of federal funds to push radical gender ideology and affirms that:
- There are only two sexes: male and female.
- Sex is a biological classification and not subject to gender identity ideologies.
- A boy is a boy. A girl is a girl.
- Gender ideology is disconnected from biological reality.
The full text of the legislation is available here.
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