S.C. Code § 59-32-36

Current through 2024 Act No. 209.
Section 59-32-36
(A) A nurse, counselor, teacher, principal, or other official or staff at a public school shall not knowingly:
(1) encourage or coerce a minor to withhold from the minor's parent or legal guardian the fact that the minor's perception of his or her gender is inconsistent with his or her sex, as defined in Section 44-42-310; or
(2) withhold from a minor's parent or legal guardian information related to the minor's perception that his or her gender is inconsistent with his or her sex, as defined in Section 44-42-310.
(B) The principal, vice principal, or counselor at a public school shall immediately notify in writing a minor's parent or legal guardian if the minor:
(1) asserts to any school employee that the minor's gender is inconsistent with his or her sex, as defined in Section 44-42-310; or
(2) requests a school employee to address a minor using a pronoun or title that does not align with the minor's sex.

S.C. Code § 59-32-36

Added by 2024 S.C. Acts, Act No. 203 (HB 4624),s 2, eff. 5/21/2024.