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DeSantis To Expand Don’t Say Gay Law To Include K-12 Grade

Gov. Ron DeSantis and his ilk are now moving to expand the law to ban classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades.
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida (image via official Facebook)

Not content with Florida’s initial “Don’t Say Gay” law, Gov. Ron DeSantis and his ilk are now moving to expand the law to ban classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades.

From the Associated Press:

The proposal, which would not require legislative approval, is scheduled for a vote next month before the state Board of Education and has been put forth by state Education Department, both of which are led by appointees of the governor.

The rule change would ban lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity from grades 4 to 12, unless required by existing state standards or as part of reproductive health instruction that students can choose not to take.

The initial law that DeSantis championed last spring bans those lessons in kindergarten through the third grade. 

So, basically, children could go through their entire K-12 education without learning anything about sex education.

As many have noted, what’s really going on here is DeSantis feels as though he’s found his “hot button culture war” to wage as he preps for a run for the Republican nomination for president in 2024.

The initial law – which only dealt with “teaching” about sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through 3rd grade was a solution in search of a problem. No one was “teaching” kindergartners about sexual orientation.

But – it got the knee jerk reaction DeSantis was looking for.