The Parental Rights in Education law is about to go into effect, and we’re hearing stories of teachers hiding pictures of their spouses, taking off their rainbow lanyards, and scraping “safe-space” stickers off of their classroom doors. News has reached Chasten Buttigieg:
“It’s just about sex!”
Sure, and now districts might remove family pictures, rainbow lanyards, and “safe space” stickers out of fear.
Maybe DeSantis should focus on making sure kids aren’t slaughtered in school instead of ensuring they don’t see a picture of a happy family.
— Chasten Buttigieg (@Chasten) June 29, 2022
Um, note that Buttigieg said they were doing it “out of fear,” not because the Parental Rights in Education law demanded it. Brian Taylor Cohen was passing around the same story:
Republicans lied when they said the Don’t Say Gay law was just about sex ed. Now a Florida school district is banning rainbow attire & telling gay teachers to hide photos of their spouses. It was all about creating a vague law to scare schools with threats of expensive lawsuits.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 29, 2022
Which Florida school district? Got a link? Never mind, Amygator found it:
Because it’s Democrats in a Democrat school district doing this completely of their own volition:
“Some of the measures appeared to be far outside what the law actually forbids.” https://t.co/f8egIFz8rN
— Amygator 🐊 *not an actual alligator (@AmyA1A) June 29, 2022
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Let’s look into this a bit. From WFTV:
Some of the measures appeared to be far outside what the law actually forbids, as it focuses primarily on mental health monitoring and classroom curriculums.
“It will be alarming if our district chooses to interpret this law in the most extreme way,” CTA President-Elect Clinton McCracken said. “We want them to protect student privacy. We want them to make sure that they’re creating and helping to create safe classrooms. We believe our school board supports that.”
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In a separate conversation, an [Orange County Public Schools] official said the district needed to err on the side of caution until state officials provided more clarity. The strict interpretations, they said, were necessary to protect both students and teachers. The latter could have their teaching licenses revoked if they run afoul of the law, the official said.
So some of the measures appear to be “far outside” what the law actually forbids. The teachers’ union doesn’t want the school district to “interpret this law in the most extreme way.” And an official said they need to “err on the side of caution.” In other words, Buttigieg was right; they’re doing these things out of fear, not because of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Exactly. This isn’t the DeSantis Administration. This is inept Orange County Public School lawyers giving bad legal advice.
— ChuckSRQ (@ChuckSRQ) June 29, 2022
I really feel bad for kids in that school district.
None of these people have young K-3rd students’ best interests at heart.
It’s all about whatever it takes to own DeSantis.— Amygator 🐊 *not an actual alligator (@AmyA1A) June 29, 2022
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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 17, 2022
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