Ohio Is The First State To Follow Florida On Anti-Grooming Bill
Republican state lawmakers in Ohio have presented a bill copying Florida’s contentious bill that critics call “Don’t Say, Gay,” teeing up another intense confrontation over how sex and gender issues are handled in schools.
Presented on Monday, Ohio’s HB 616 would forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, just like the Florida law condemned by LGBTQ advocates.
State Rep. Mike Loychik, a Bazetta Republican and one of the bill’s two sponsors, wrote in a tweet: “Curriculum about gender identity and sexuality has no place in K-3 classrooms, period.”
The bill’s other sponsor, GOP Rep. Jean Schmidt of Loveland, said in a statement: “The classroom is a place that seeks answers for our children without political activism.”
“Parents deserve and should be provided a say in what is taught to their children in schools. The intent of this bill is to provide them with the tools to be able to see what their child is being taught,” added Schmidt.After Florida’s new law brought activist fury and lawsuits, the Ohio bill will certainly cause controversy – and the proposal in the Buckeye State goes even further.
The Ohio bill would also demand that any curriculum or instructional materials on sexual orientation or gender identity in grades four through 12 must be “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”
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