一项提议的佛罗里达教育委员会规则可能会扩大限制与性取向和性别认同相关的课堂教学。
“对于4到12年级，禁止关于性取向或性别认同的教学，除非这种教学是州学术标准明确要求的……或者是学生家长可以选择让他或她的学生不参加的生殖健康课程或健康课的一部分，”根据拟议的规则。
2022年11月8日，佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在佛罗里达州坦帕市会议中心的选举守夜派对上发表讲话。
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这项规定将建立在佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯于2022年3月签署的教育法中的父母权利之上。法律禁止在幼儿园到三年级的课堂上讲授性取向或性别认同。它指出，根据立法，任何关于这些主题的教学都不能“按照国家标准以不适合学生年龄或发展的方式”进行。
州长的发言人在一份声明中告诉ABC新闻的雷切尔·斯科特，“没有理由将性取向或性别认同的教学作为K-12公共教育的一部分。句号。”
该法律被批评者称为“不要说同性恋”法，他们说这旨在避免LGBTQ身份出现在课堂内容和讨论中。LGBTQ倡导组织PFLAG的劳拉·麦金尼斯告诉ABC新闻，“每个人都有性取向和性别认同。看起来这条规则将使我们根本不可能做太多的指导，”
这项由七名成员组成的董事会投票通过的规定，与州议会正在考虑的其他立法不谋而合。HB 1223将禁止从幼儿园到八年级有关性取向或性别认同的课堂教学，并且不会要求任何员工或学生使用他们的“首选个人称谓或代词”来称呼另一个人，如果这与那个人的性别不相符的话。拟议的立法还将使其成为全州公立学校的政策，即“给一个人指定一个与该人性别不相符的代词是错误的。”
关于提议的董事会政策的听证会将于4月19日在佛罗里达州议会大厦举行。
Florida's so-called 'Don't Say Gay' policy could be expanded into high school
A proposed Florida Board of Education rulecould expand restrictionson classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
"For grades 4 through 12, instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity is prohibited unless such instruction is either expressly required by state academic standards … or is part of a reproductive health course or health lesson for which a student's parent has the option to have his or her student not attend," according to the proposed rule.
This rule would build up on the Parental Rights in Education law Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in March 2022. The law bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. It states that any instruction on those topics cannot occur "in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards," according to the legislation.
A spokesperson for the governor told ABC News' Rachel Scott in a statement, "There is no reason for instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity to be part of K-12 public education. Full stop."
The law was dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" law by critics, who said it aimed to shun LGBTQ identities from classroom content and discussion. Laura McGinnis of the LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG told ABC News that "everyone has a sexual orientation and a gender identity. It looks like this rule would make it impossible to do much instruction at all."
This rule, voted on by the seven-member board, coincides with other legislation being considered in the state legislature. HB 1223 would ban classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in pre-kindergarten through grade 8, and would not require any employee or student to refer to a another person using their "preferred personal title or pronouns" if it does not correspond to that person's sex. The proposed legislation would also make it a statewide public school policy that "it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does not correspond to such person's sex."
A hearing on the proposed board policy will be held on April 19 at the Florida State Capitol Complex.
