The Florida Senate president mentioned she is contemplating expanding the Parental Rights in Education law to further grade ranges in colleges.
The law, which prohibits dialogue of gender id and sexual orientation in the classroom, at the moment applies to grade ranges between Kindergarten and third grade.
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Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo mentioned she is contemplating extending these restrictions to center school-aged college students, as nicely.
“I am a parent. Of course, my kids are older, but I want to know what is going on in schools, and I want to be able to be consulted,” Passidomo mentioned. “The schools are not supposed to be raising our kids. It should be the parents, and that is really what the intent of the bill was. They should be able to object to things that they object to.”
When Gov. DeSantis signed the invoice into law in March, many opponents of the laws feared it will be prolonged past third grade.
Republican Sen. Passidomo additionally mentioned the language in the invoice permits for reconsideration of all classroom instruction primarily based on what the legislature deems as age applicable. She added that she may think about expanding the foundations up by sixth grade.
“The one thing that I think could be looked at is (that) we ended it at grades one through three. I don’t think I’d be supportive of high school because kids in high school are hopefully a little bit more mature, at least, they should be,” Passidomo mentioned. “But, you know, the middle school, maybe going to sixth grade or something like that.”
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