Fri Oct 21, 2022 – 8:32 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A new guideline passed earlier this week by the Florida Board of Education requires schools to notify parents of any pro-LGBT policies, including rules that enable “transgender” students to use bathrooms not designated for their biological sex.
On October 15, the department announced several “administrative rules” that were enacted to continue the work of Gov. Ron DeSantis to increase parental rights in the state’s public schools.
“The State Board of Education unanimously voted to require parental notification for any student bathrooms, locker rooms and dressing rooms that are not separated by biological sex at birth,” a press release states. The rules also include a plan to “establish a special magistrate for parents to address unresolved student welfare complaints at public charter schools” and “prevent the unauthorized sharing of students’ personal identifying information with third-party vendors and others.”
Additionally, the guidelines seek to “increase the transparency of elementary school library materials and reading lists — thereby eliminating inappropriate, indoctrinating and pornographic materials in libraries and classrooms.”
According to a September notice of the then-proposed rule, the purpose of the move is “to protect the fundamental rights of
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