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The memo discusses House Bill 1069, which focuses on sex defined as an "immutable biological trait" at birth based on hormones and genitalia. Under the law, no one is allowed to be required to use a person's "preferred personal title or pronoun," and students are not to be asked for their pronouns.
"The bill states that a transgender employee or contractor may not provide a personal title or pronoun to students which does not correspond the employee's or contractor's biological sex at birth," the school district's memo states.
The second law mentioned in the memo, House Bill 1521, has to do with what bathroom an individual can use.
Transgender students and employees will have single-stall bathrooms they can use — or they are allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds to their assigned sex at birth, according to the memo.
Both transgender employees and students, the district said, would have disciplinary actions taken against them if they use a bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
Parents are able to sign forms for a teacher to use a nickname for a student, but an educator can not discuss a child's pronouns or use a different name without permission.
The district recommends that teachers concerned with legal ramifications call on students by last name.
"This would avoid any issues with pronouns or first names which do not match the biological sex of the child at birth," the memo advises.
Reader Comments
I appreciate that Florida is leading the way into sanity here. I am strongly against treating anyone differently on the basis of superficial characteristics, but I'm also strongly against pandering to demands on the basis of subjective beliefs.
When a society lets either of these get out of hand you can guarantee massive social problems, and a pendulum-style backlash which results in physically, mentally, emotionally, or economically fragile people being targeted for retaliation.