Repeals the ban on classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-8 and the related age-appropriateness rules for grades 9-12, so more such instruction is permitted in schools.
[deleted: Classroom instruction by school personnel or third] [deleted: parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur] [deleted: in prekindergarten through grade 8, except when required by ss.] [deleted: 1003.42(2)( o )3. and 1003.46. If such instruction is provided in] [deleted: grades 9 through 12, the instruction must be age-appropriate or] [deleted: developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with] [deleted: state standards. This subparagraph applies to charter schools.]
Repeals s. 1000.05(4), F.S., which had prohibited training or instruction in specified concepts (including those related to race, color, national origin, or sex that could encompass gender identity) constituting discrimination, removing that barrier to such instruction.
Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 1000.05, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill primarily expands transgender-related policies in education by repealing multiple restrictions on instruction about sexual orientation/gender identity, pronouns/titles, DEI programs, and certain parental notification rules that had limited school flexibility on gender issues; it also adds required LGBTQ history instruction (which can encompass transgender topics) while deleting various prohibitions and requirements that had restricted such content or related training.