Tue Mar 8, 2022 – 6:26 pm EST
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) — The Florida Senate passed a much-anticipated piece of legislation to protect young children from being taught about radical sexual concepts like transgenderism and gender identity.
Florida’s Republican-dominated Senate passed SB 1834 in a 22-17 vote on Tuesday. The proposed legislation has now gone to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk for a signature.
DeSantis, who has frequently spoken out in defense of the proposed legislation and hit back at critics who have roundly attacked the measure as an assault on free speech, is expected to sign the proposal into law.
Known as the Parental Rights in Education bill, SB 1834 would ban schools in Florida from teaching young children in kindergarten through third grade about transgenderism and other sexuality-related issues, limit discussions about sexuality for older children to “age appropriate” content, and require educators to inform parents of any changes that could affect their child’s physical, emotional, or mental well-being.
BREAKING: The Florida legislature has passed the Parental Rights in Education Bill that bans teaching sexual orientation and gender identity to preK through 3rd graders and prevents schools from withholding info about a child’s mental
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