Gov. DeSantis signed into law Florida’s contentious LGBTQ bill, dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by opponents. The bill bans teachers from leading class discussions on gender identity or sexual orientation for students in kindergarten through 3rd grade.
expand parental rights in Florida while restricting classroom lessons on gender identity or sexual orientation, codifying into law the fiercely opposed bill branded “Don’t Say Gay” by LGBTQ advocates.
The most contentious element of the “Parental Rights in Education” bill prohibits teachers from leading classroom lessons on gender identity or sexual orientation for students in kindergarten through third grade. Further, it prohibits these lessons for older students unless they are “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate.”
“By signing #Don’tSayGay into law, DeSantis is attempting to censor and exclude an entire community of people from our public schools for his political gain,” said state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith . “The bill’s intentionally vague language leaves teachers afraid to talk to their student and opens up school districts to costly and frivolous litigation from those seeking to exclude LGBTQ people from any grade level.
The notification provision targets local school policies that sponsors said could keep parents in the dark about key information regarding their children’s sexual orientation, a situation that has played out in at least two Florida counties where parents are suing school leaders.
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