DeSantis opens legislative session with education overhaul: ‘All eyes are on Florida’

THe Florida The legislature will enter session on Tuesday, with the help of an ambitious agenda That includes many. education reform Bills, which include one to expand the state’s regulations on gender identity teaching and sexual orientation at grade school level.

The governor. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), the 2023 legislative session in the Sunshine State promises to be a repeat of sorts of the 2022 session that saw the Republican-controlled state legislature pass several education-related bills, including the infamous Parental Rights in Education Act that was dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” Liberal pundits and Democratic politicians supported the bill because it prohibits classroom instruction in gender identity and sexual orientation prior to fourth grade.

DESANTIS PLANNING PRODUCTIVE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN FLORIDA AS 2024 LOOMS

With a newly elected supermajority and an incumbent governor, Florida Republicans plan to expand the prohibition on classroom instruction regarding sexual orientation and gender identity. This will ensure that students do not learn about these topics in high school. Also, bills are being considered by the legislature that would include Florida in a growing number of states offering universal school choice, prohibit diversity, equity and inclusive (DEI), and allow university boards to have more authority to dismiss tenured faculty.

DeSantis sees the session as an opportunity to promote a conservative agenda in government ahead of the expected 2024 Republican presidential campaign.

Jessica Anderson, Heritage Action’s executive director, was praised for her work. “historic education initiatives” DeSantis, the Florida legislative’s agenda might be an example for others states.

“Gov. DeSantis’s bold legislative agenda will build on Florida’s leadership to strengthen parental rights, keep the Left’s radical gender ideology out of classrooms, and expand education freedom for families across the state,” Anderson spoke to the Washington Examiner. “Thanks to Gov. DeSantis’s leadership, all eyes are on Florida as a leader in the education freedom and parental rights movement.”

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