State Sen. Bruce Bostelman apologized after he cited a debunked rumor alleging that schools are placing litter boxes in bathrooms to accommodate children who self-identify as cats.
forcing the superintendent to write to parents that it was “simply and emphatically not true.”
Bostelman had said that he planned to discuss the issue with the CEO of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. He also alleged that schools were not allowing kids to wear flags, but didn’t give specific examples. In 2016, Lincoln’s public school district briefly asked students not to fly American flags from their vehicles after one flag was pulled from its holder, but school officials later apologized.
The claim was debunked by the district’s superintendent, who issued a statement that said there had “never been litter boxes within MPS schools.” Still, the baseless rumor has spread across the country, and become fuel for political candidates, amid the culture wars and legislative action involving gender identification in schools.
Hours after his remarks, Bostelman backtracked and acknowledged that the story wasn’t true. He said he checked into the claims with state Sen. Lynne Walz, a Democrat who leads the Legislature’s Education Committee, and confirmed there were no such incidents.“It was just something I felt that if this really was happening, we needed to address it and address it quickly,” Bostelman said.
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