What is the Student non-Discrimination Act?
The Student non-Discrimination Act of 2011 (known in the House of Representatives as HR 998 and in the Senate as S 555) is a bill proposed by Representative Jared Polis (the first openly gay man to be elected to Congress, who also happens to be Jewish) and Senator Al Franken. It would legally end homophobic discriminatory policies in schools across the country. This would be accomplished through withdrawing any federal funding from schools that discriminate against students based on actual or perceived sexual orientation. In short, if it were passed, public schools could not discriminate based on sexual or gender identities.
