Biden admin says it will monitor Florida parental rights law to ensure no Civil Rights violations

The Biden administration says that it will likely be “monitoring” a controversial parental rights legislation just lately signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to make sure that it doesn’t violate any Civil Rights legal guidelines sooner or later.

“We are going to proceed to prioritize getting billions of {dollars} of American Rescue Plan funds into faculties and school rooms throughout the nation to help the psychological well being and tutorial wants of scholars, educators, and households,” Biden Secretary of Training Miguel Cardona mentioned in an announcement Monday concerning the Florida invoice that prohibits the instruction of sexual orientation and gender identification in kindergarten via third grade school rooms. “And, we might be monitoring this legislation upon implementation to guage whether or not it violates federal civil rights legislation. As all the time, any scholar who believes they’re experiencing discrimination, together with harassment, in school or any guardian who is worried that about their little one experiencing discrimination can file a criticism with our Workplace for Civil Rights.”

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Within the assertion, Cardona accused DeSantis of trying to “goal” a few of Florida’s “most susceptible college students” and mentioned the invoice was a part of a “disturbing and harmful development.”

White Home Director of Communications Kate Bedingfield reiterated on Tuesday that the Division of Training “will monitor this legislation upon implementation to guage whether or not it violates federal civil rights legislation” and “we’ll come again to you as we’ve got extra data on that.”

DeSantis signed the invoice into legislation on Monday saying, “In Florida, we not solely know that folks have a proper to be concerned, we insist that folks have a proper to be concerned.”

Miguel Cardona speaks after President-Elect Joe Biden introduced him as his nominee for Training Secretary.
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The invoice, which handed the Republican-controlled state legislature this month, has been dubbed the “Don’t Say Homosexual” invoice by Democrats who misleadingly declare it bans any dialogue pertaining to being homosexual in Florida faculties. 

President Biden known as it a “hateful invoice” in a tweet final month.

The invoice does prohibit classroom instruction on “sexual orientation” and “gender identification” with kids in third grade or youthful, “or in a fashion that’s not age-appropriate or developmentally acceptable for college students in accordance with state requirements.”

President Joe Biden speaks on the Nationwide League of Cities Congressional Metropolis Convention, Monday, March 14, 2022, in Washington. (AP Picture/Patrick Semansky)
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The invoice doesn’t ban the phrase “homosexual” in class settings, and it doesn’t ban informal discussions of matters regarding sexual orientation and gender identification within the classroom.

Fox Information’ Jessica Chasmar contributed to this report.