Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law on March 28, 2022, which will become effective on July 1, 2022. The Parental Rights in Education Act, labeled the ' Don't Say Gay Bill' by critics, is a law introduced and passed in 2022 which outlined new statutes for primary education, notably for prohibiting classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity from kindergarten to grade 3 in Florida public school districts, or instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in a manner that is not 'age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students' in any grade, and for prohibiting schools from restricting parental access to their student's education and health records.
Requires district school boards to adopt procedures that comport with certain provisions of law for notifying student's parent of specified information, prohibits classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels Florida law passed in 2022 Parental Rights in Education Act
