Florida Republican lawmakers have pre-filed three bills that would expand restrictions on instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state.
. The measure prohibits “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity” in kindergarten through third grade “or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs the Parental Rights in Education bill during a news conference in Spring Hill, Fla., in 2022.State Rep. Adam Anderson filed a measure last week that would expand the law by prohibiting classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in prekindergarten through eighth grade. And if such instruction is provided in grades nine through 12, it “must be age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.
Anderson’s bill, which had two additional co-sponsors as of Wednesday morning, would also enact a statewide definition of “sex” as “the binary division of individuals based upon reproductive function” and “an immutable biological trait.” As a result, the bill says, “it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does not correspond to such person’s sex.
State Rep. Stan McClain and state Sen. Clay Yarborough, both Republicans, introduced bills similar to Anderson’s that would also regulate education on reproductive health and would require school districts to create a process that allows parents to object to books in teachers’ classroom libraries.to all grade levels, which addresses over a dozen components, including environmental health, nutrition and substance use.
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