The legislation bans discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in primary school classrooms.
State laws that ban or constrain the discussion of LGBT life in classrooms - sometimes referred to as "no promo homo" laws - are not uncommon.
Currently, four US states - Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas - have laws on the books that expressly prohibit or limit sex education to heterosexual activity. The Florida bill goes a step further, allowing parents to directly sue schools districts and seek damages if they believe an educator has broken the law.
Echoing the text of the bill, Governor DeSantis, a Republican widely touted as a possible 2024 White House contender, said schools should avoid "entirely inappropriate" topics and instead be teaching science, history, civics and other lessons.
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