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Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, is considering expanding the state’s controversial “Parental Rights in Education” law<\/a> to middle schoolers, citing the maturity level of students.<\/p>\n

“The one thing that I think could be looked at is we ended [the law] at grades one through three. I don\u2019t think I\u2019d be supportive of high school because kids in high school are hopefully a little bit more mature, at least, they should be,” she told reporters earlier this month, according to Orlando-area WKMG-TV.<\/p>\n

“But, the middle school, maybe going to sixth grade or something like that [should be looked at],” she added.<\/p>\n

FLORIDA SENATE PRESIDENT HITS BAC AT PSAKI OVER PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL: SHE SHOULD READ THE BILL FIRST<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The law, coined as the “Don’t Say Gay” law<\/a> by critics, prohibited teachers from including gender ideology and sexual education in kindergarten through third grade classrooms across the state while requiring instruction for older students to be “age appropriate” and in accordance with guidelines laid out by state law.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Passidomo, speaking to WJXT in Jacksonville, reiterated that any expansion should not include high school grades, saying she would not be “averse” to an expansion otherwise.<\/p>\n

AP, OTHER OUTLETS REPEAT LIBERAL \u2018DON\u2019T SAY GAY’ TALKING POINT ON FLORIDA EDUCATION BILL AS LEGISLATION PASSES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The law’s supporters, including Passidomo, argued that the state should refrain from teaching genders and sexually-charged topics to students and instead leave such topics to parents altogether.<\/p>\n

She also said parents deserve to know what is being taught in public schools, using the law as an example of how to expand their control over curriculum.<\/p>\n

The “Parents Rights in Education” bill, which sparked outrage for its allegedly homophobic basis from the start, passed both houses of Florida’s legislature and was signed into law<\/a> by Gov. Ron DeSantis, R, in March.<\/p>\n

DEMOCRATS CLAIM FLORIDA IS PUSHING \u2018DON\u2019T SAY GAY’ BILL. HERE’S WHAT THE LEGISLATION ACTUALLY SAYS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Since being enacted, the law faced challenges from key organizations, including advocacy groups Equality Florida and Family Equality as well as students and teachers affiliated with public school systems from across The Sunshine State.<\/p>\n

Federal Judge Allen Winsor tossed the organizations’ lawsuit against the policy in September, but the groups revised their challenge<\/a> in accordance with statements from Winsor’s dismissal.<\/p>\n

Despite attempts to brand the law as anti-LGBTQ+, a March poll from Floridians for Economic Advancement<\/a> found that even a majority of Democrat-leaning voters did not support education about sexuality in the grades outlined in the legislation.<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Timothy H.J. Nerozzi contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/florida-lawmaker-weighs-expanding-controversial-dont-say-gay-law-middle-schoolers <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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