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Leon’s School Board has approved a new LGBTQ guide after more than four hours of public comment.
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Governor Ron DeSantis has set the clock going to sunset Disney's self-governing district, called Reedy Creek. The district has been in place since the 1970s, but DeSantis called on lawmakers to revoke it, after the company criticized the so-called Don't Say Gay law. Lawmakers approved the sunset provisions this week, but in a series of controversial moves that may have skirted the state's open government laws.
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Florida lawmakers have cleared the way to punish the Walt Disney Corporation for its opposition to a new state law that limits school instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation. The proposals strip Disney of its ability to collect taxes and issue bonds, and eliminate a social media carveout for theme parks.
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Many educators pride themselves on creating a safe space for LGBTQ students at school. But the new Parental Rights in Education law is making some teachers question whether to stay in the classroom.
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LGBTQ students, parents and teachers say they’re already feeling the chill from legislation they call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit against the new law this week.
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Leon County Schools has found itself at the center of several key pieces of legislation aimed at curbing school powers. Among the biggest: a new law that prevents schools from making decisions regarding a student’s health and wellbeing without consulting with parents. This is how a local fight between the school district and a parent, resulted in what opponents are calling the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
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Governor Ron Desantis signed legislation Monday that bans the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation in grades K-through-3 at an elementary school outside Tampa. It requires that instruction in other grade levels be “age-appropriate.” DeSantis says the law, dubbed by critics as the "Don’t Say Gay" bill, protects parental rights.
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Ambiguity in the bill's language has transgender youth and therapists worried. They say it could lead to further restrictions.
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Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna recently apologized--kind of--after calling a bill that bans teaching gender identity and sexual orientation to children in lower primary grades the “Don’t Say Gay" bill which Republicans argue is a mischaracterization.
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A bill banning the instruction of gender identity and sexual orientation grades K-through-3 and mandating that parents have access to all school records is now going to the governor’s desk, and critics of the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” are poised to sue once it gets signed.