After a months-long battle involving protests and student walkouts, Gov. DeSantis signed into law restrictions on discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in Florida schools.
The measure bans classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
The legislation was approved by the state House and Senate voting largely along party lines. Democrats blasted the ban as the latest round in a culture war that also saw Florida’s Republican-ruled Legislature approve new limits on the discussion of race in schools and workplaces and expanding the ability of critics to call for the removal of books they find objectionable on school library shelves.
Teachers are expected to feel they’ll have to self-censor. And school districts are wary of the cost of lawsuits if anyone on their staffs are accused of straying from the new law by a parent. Two parents who joined DeSantis at the Spring Hill news conference told tales of their children being counseled by educators at their schools not to tell them about classroom approaches they found objectionable.
Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, D-Orlando, who is gay and fought the legislation, said Monday it will hurt students and teachers.
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