Angry at DeSantis, Fla. Students Take to the Streets -- and Take a Banned Lesson [View all]

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On April 21, thousands of students throughout Florida walked out of their classrooms to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis’ education policies. Coming, coincidentally, two days after the state Board of Education approved expanding his “Don’t Say Gay” law through 12th grade, the demonstration encompassed at least 300 high schools and 90% of the state’s colleges — including all of its Historically Black Colleges and Universities — according to the youth-led group Walkout 2 Learn.

“It was an incredibly powerful moment,” says Zander Moricz, a recent Florida high school graduate who was a plaintiff in a suit challenging the law. “We had thousands of students sign a pledge to vote and take a banned history lesson.”

The law, passed by the Florida Legislature last year, had outlawed classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3 and required that any instruction in upper grades be “age-appropriate.” The recent extension to a wholesale ban in all grades was among a slate of resolutions passed by the board at the governor’s behest. It cannot go into effect until after a 30-day “procedural notification” period.

This was not the first time DeSantis has implemented measures targeting LGBTQ Floridians and people of color rather than wait for the legislature to act. Earlier this year, he directed the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine to ban gender-affirming health care for trans youth — a move the legislature is now deliberating enshrining in law.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/angry-desantis-fla-students-streets-101500838.html