Ohio HB190

(B)(1) A public school employee or contractor [...] shall not knowingly and intentionally address an unemancipated student under the age of eighteen by any of the following: (a) A name other than the name listed on the student's birth certificate [...] without the written permission of the student's parent, legal guardian, or custodian; (b) A pronoun or title that is inconsistent with the student's biological sex unless the employee or contractor has the written permission of the student's parent, legal guardian, or custodian.

(2) A public school employee or contractor, regardless of the scope of the employee's or contractor's official duties, shall not do any of the following: (a) Inform students of the employee's or contractor's pronouns or title if the pronouns or title are inconsistent with the employee's or contractor's biological sex; (b) Request that a student provide preferred pronouns or a title that are inconsistent with the student's biological sex; (c) Penalize or otherwise subject a student to adverse or discriminatory treatment for failing to respond to a request to provide the student's preferred name, pronoun, or title.

(C) If a student requests an accommodation from a public school employee or contractor that is intended to affirm the student's gender identity, including a request that the employee or contractor address the student by a name, pronoun, or title that is inconsistent with the student's biological sex, the employee or contractor shall report that request to a school administrator, and the school administrator shall report the student's request to the student's parent.

(F) The department of education and workforce shall establish a procedure under which an individual may submit a complaint about an alleged violation of this section by a public school or its employee or contractor. The department shall conduct an investigation regarding the complaint and submit a report of its findings to the director of education and workforce. If the director determines the school or its employee violated this section, the department shall withhold ten per cent of the school's state foundation aid under Chapter 3317. of the Revised Code each month until such time that the school is confirmed by the director to be in compliance with this section.