Ballot Title Setting Board
2023-2024

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

A change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning parental notification of a child's gender incongruence from a school representative, and, in connection therewith, requiring a school representative who obtains information that a child enrolled in the school is experiencing gender incongruence to notify the school's principal within two days; requiring the school's principal to notify the child’s parent within two days after receiving the information; defining “gender incongruence” as the difference between the child’s biological sex and their perceived or desired gender; and applying this requirement to a school representative, regardless of existing confidentiality requirements, which includes an administrator, teacher, nurse, counselor, social worker, or coach, and to any preschool through secondary school that receives any state or federal funds.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning parental notification of a child's gender incongruence from a school representative, and, in connection therewith, requiring a school representative who obtains information that a child enrolled in the school is experiencing gender incongruence to notify the school's principal within two days; requiring the school's principal to notify the child’s parent within two days after receiving the information; defining “gender incongruence” as the difference between the child’s biological sex and their perceived or desired gender; and applying this requirement to a school representative, regardless of existing confidentiality requirements, which includes an administrator, teacher, nurse, counselor, social worker, or coach, and to any preschool through secondary school that receives any state or federal funds?

Hearing April 3, 2024

Single subject approved; staff draft amended; titles set.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jeremiah Barr, Kurt Morrison.
Hearing adjourned 2:20 PM.

Hearing April 19, 2024

Motion for rehearing (Bobb, Wright) granted only to the extent the Board made changes to the title (3-0).
Board Members: Theresa Conley, Jeremiah Barr, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned: 1:05 PM.

* Unofficially captioned "Parental Notification of Gender Incongruence" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.