Fri Jan 28, 2022 – 10:46 pm ESTFri Jan 28, 2022 – 11:10 pm EST
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) – A new bill in Florida would introduce strict penalties for graphic content in public schools and prohibit teaching students sex education without parents’ explicit permission.
Authored by Republican state Sen. Dennis Baxley, SB 1842 would impose a raft of changes designed to protect children and strengthen parental control over sexual content in K-12 schools.
The proposed bill expands the definition of “child pornography” to include any text describing a minor involved in sexual conduct and also broadens definitions of material deemed “harmful to minors” or “obscene.” Content that falls under those definitions would be banned in public K-12 school libraries and classrooms and on public school reading lists.
Schools districts that do not “proactively remove all such materials” would risk felony charges under Baxley’s bill.
“If the district school board finds that any instructional material, including any materials used in the classroom or assigned or offered as reading material, violates this section, the material shall be proactively removed. This required action is not dependent on a parent or resident complaint,” SB 1842 states. “Any person violating any
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