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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDeSantis and Florida GOP push hard-right agenda, including expanding 'Don't Say Gay'
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Banning preferred pronouns at schools. Mandating K-12 libraries immediately remove and review books that are flagged as inappropriate. Prohibiting majors in gender studies.
Floridas Republican leaders, who have restricted how race and gender are taught in schools and colleges, are poised to go even further in the next few months as they prepare to hand Gov. Ron DeSantis a new round of education victories he can tout while running for president.
The sizable agenda ranges from targeting school unions to greatly expanding the use of state dollars to send children to private schools. GOP lawmakers, who have supermajorities in the House and Senate, are also gearing up to cancel diversity, equity and inclusion programs at colleges.
Whether it is education or health, keeping parents in the dark is unacceptable, state Republican Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said in a statement. Our schools should be teaching students to respect and obey their parents, not hiding critical information from them.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/05/desantis-florida-education-race-gender-00085545
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(16,130 posts)Ronald De Santis, Governor,Tallahassee, FL
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