April 21, 2025 Cost Estimate As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 9, 2025 View Document175.86 KB H.R. 2616, PROTECT Kids ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 9, 2025 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars20252025-20302025-2035Direct Spending (Outlays)000Revenues000Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit000Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)0*not estimatedIncreases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036? No Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply? No Mandate Effects Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036? No Contains intergovernmental mandate? No Contains private-sector mandate? No * = between zero and $500,000. On This Page On This Page EstimateAt A GlanceLegislative Information H.R. 2616 would require public elementary and secondary schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a student’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or their sex-based accommodations, such as locker rooms or bathrooms. The requirements would apply only to students through grade eight.CBO expects that schools will comply with the new requirements. As a result, CBO estimates enacting the bill would have no effect on federal spending for grants to elementary and secondary schools.Based on the cost of similar activities, CBO estimates that the costs to the Department of Education to implement H.R. 2616 would be insignificant; any related spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Garrett Quenneville. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.Phillip L. SwagelDirector, Congressional Budget Office Legislative Information Available From Congress.gov
H.R. 2616, PROTECT Kids ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on April 9, 2025 By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars20252025-20302025-2035Direct Spending (Outlays)000Revenues000Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit000Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)0*not estimatedIncreases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036? No Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply? No Mandate Effects Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2036? No Contains intergovernmental mandate? No Contains private-sector mandate? No * = between zero and $500,000.
On This Page On This Page EstimateAt A GlanceLegislative Information H.R. 2616 would require public elementary and secondary schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a student’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or their sex-based accommodations, such as locker rooms or bathrooms. The requirements would apply only to students through grade eight.CBO expects that schools will comply with the new requirements. As a result, CBO estimates enacting the bill would have no effect on federal spending for grants to elementary and secondary schools.Based on the cost of similar activities, CBO estimates that the costs to the Department of Education to implement H.R. 2616 would be insignificant; any related spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.The CBO staff contact for this estimate is Garrett Quenneville. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.Phillip L. SwagelDirector, Congressional Budget Office
