Parents would be able to sue districts over violations.Ī Republican state representative, Joe Harding, who sponsored the measure, and other GOP lawmakers have argued that parents should be broaching these subjects with their children, rather than educators.
The bill states: “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade three or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.” I see it as exactly the opposite,” said state senator Tina Polsky, a Democrat. Tell me how this bill is helping us create kind, giving, tolerate adults. “What we really need to be doing is teaching tolerance, caring, loving, anti-discrimination, anti-bigotry.
Since its inception, the measure has drawn intense opposition from LGBTQ+ advocates, students, Democrats, the White House and the entertainment industry, amid increased attention on Florida as Republicans push culture war legislation and DeSantis ascends in the GOP as a potential presidential candidate. The proposal, which opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, now moves to the desk of the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it into law.
