Education

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Session Year: 
2023
Bill Category: 
State
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Support
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Link to sex ed material in schools- video at DeSantis news conference

HB 1069 General Bill by McClain

Education: Defines "sex" for Florida Early Learning-20 Education Code; revises provisions relating to materials for specified instruction relating to reproductive health; provides additional requirements for instruction regarding human sexuality; provides district school boards are responsible for materials used in classroom libraries; revises provisions relating to objections of certain materials & process related to such objections; revises school principal, school district & district school board duties & responsibilities relating to certain materials & processes.

HB 1223    General Bill by Anderson

Public PreK-12 Educational Institution and Instruction Requirements: Requires specified policies relating to person's sex at public K-12 educational institutions; prohibits specified actions relating to use of certain titles & pronouns; & revises requirements for instruction on sexual orientation & gender identity in public schools.

SB 1320: Child Protection in Public Schools  GENERAL BILL by Yarborough

Child Protection in Public Schools; Defining the term “sex”; prohibiting an employee, contractor, or student of a public school from being required to refer to a person using personal titles or pronouns that do not correspond with that person’s sex; prohibiting classroom instruction by school personnel on sexual orientation or gender identity until grade 9; providing that materials used to teach reproductive health or any disease as part of certain courses must be approved by the Department of Education; requiring district school boards to adopt and publish a specified process relating to student access to certain materials, etc.