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Settlement in challenge to Florida’s 'Don’t Declare Gay' law clarifies scope of Diverse restrictions
A settlement has been reached in the challenge against Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Operate, HB1557, known by LGBTQ+ advocates as the "Don’t State Gay" bill. The settlement, announced Monday, clarifies the scope of the legislation, which prohibits any classroom curriculum about sexual orientation or gender identity for students in kindergarten through third grade. It also restricts such lessons for older students.
"The aim of yesterday's settlement was to acquire clarity when there was confusion, to have safety and dignity when there was fear, and to make sure that no kid in the mention of Florida has to go to school worried about what they should say, what they can say, worried about their parents, etc.," Roberta Kaplan, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, told ABC News.
The law remains in place, but the settlement clarifies that students and educators can discuss Gay topics, given those conversations are not part of formal curriculum. The clarifications also state that students can compose about such topics in their academic work.
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Florida governor signs controversial 'Don't Say Gay' bill into law
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the "Don't Tell Gay" bill by critics.
The bill bans classroom order on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and states that any manual on those topics cannot occur "in a style that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards," according to the legislation, HB 1557.
"We will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an indoctrination," DeSantis said before signing the bill Monday.
The legislation states that the Florida Department of Education would have to update its standards in accordance with the requirements.
Under this bill, parents can also decline any mental, emotional and physical health services available to their children at school, and schools will be required to notify parents of their child's use of school health services unless there is reason to believe "that disclosure would subject the student to abuse, abandonment or neglec
Florida House of Representatives passes 'Don't Say Gay' bill
The White House has sternly rebuked the bill as "designed to attack" LGBT youth, but it has the support it needs to pass through the state's Republican-controlled legislature.
Backing the measure, Governor DeSantis - a Republican widely touted as a possible 2024 White House contender - said schools should evade "entirely inappropriate" topics and instead be teaching science, history, civics and other lessons.
"Parents must have a seat at the table when it comes to what's going on in their schools," he said.
Critics protested last weekend against an amendment to the bill that would need schools to "out" - disclose a student's sexual orientation - to parents within six weeks.
State Agent Joe Harding withdrew the proposal on Tuesday, saying he would focus on the bill itself "rather than battle misinformation comparable to the amendment".
State laws that ban or constrain the discussion of LGBT life in classrooms - sometimes referred to as "no promo homo" laws - are not uncommon in the US.
According to Clifford Rosky, a
Impact of HB 1557 (Florida’s Don’t Utter Gay Bill) on LGBTQ+ Parents in Florida
Executive Summary
On Rally 28, 2022, the Florida Legislature passed HB 1557, the “Parental Rights in Education” bill, also dubbed the Don’t Say Gay bill. This bill prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity before the 4th grade and requires such instruction to be “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate” thereafter. Many are concerned that the bill will not only product in restricted or nonexistent education about the existence of diverse sexual and gender identities, but it will finding in a chilly or hostile institution climate for LGBTQ educators, students, and families because it suggests that something is wrong with LGBTQ identities. Based on surveys of 113 LGBTQ+ parents, this study represents a first stare at how HB 1557 is negatively affecting LGBTQ+ parent families in the state. Almost 9 out of 10 (88%) LGBTQ+ parents are very or somewhat concerned about the impact that HB 1557 will have on them and their children, with one in four reporting they have experienced anti-LGBTQ harassment since the law was passed and one in five reporting becoming less
Florida lawmakers pass 'Don't Utter Gay' bill
Florida's Senate has passed a bill to ban discussions of sexual orientation or gender individuality in primary schools.
Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the measure, which would bar teachers from teaching these topics to children under 10 years old.
Critics say the bill will isolate LGBT youth. Proponents say it is about empowering parents on education issues.
Activists have dubbed it the Don't Speak Gay bill. It is officially known as the Parental Rights in Teaching Bill.
The Republican-backed legislation passed on Tuesday.
It prohibits any instruction about sexual orientation or gender individuality between kindergarten and third grade - when students are roughly between five and nine years ancient. It also calls on school districts to escape LGBT topics "when not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students".
White Dwelling Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday decried the passing of "hateful legislation targeting vulnerable students".
President Joe Biden and his administration are "with LGBTQI+ students everywhere", she wrote on Twitter.
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