No. HB 677
Filed under Education.
Education; Revises provisions relating to certain trainings & instruction, school district procedures & requirements relating to parental notification, classroom instruction, instructional materials, school personnel training, BOG reviews, state university performance-based incentives, required instruction, DEI program, & general education core courses; repeals provisions relating to personal titles; & revises provisions relating to educator preparation.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe bill repeals the state's ban on training that promotes concepts of systemic racism, sexism, or oppression, removing a major restriction on public education and university curricula.
It mandates that public schools teach the history of the LGBTQ community, including specific Supreme Court cases and the Pulse Nightclub tragedy, adding a new required topic to the curriculum.
Schools must now obtain parental permission before administering well-being questionnaires or health screenings to students in kindergarten through third grade, shifting the default from opt-out to opt-in.
The bill removes the requirement for universities to review curricula for violations of the repealed discrimination statute, eliminating a specific oversight mechanism for higher education programs.
AIRemoves the statutory definition of discrimination based on race, sex, or national origin in K-20 education, eliminating the legal basis for banning specific DEI concepts in school training and instruction.
AIReverses the ban on using state or federal funds for DEI programs at public universities and college system institutions, explicitly encouraging such programs and removing the requirement that they not violate s. 1000.05.
AIDeletes statutory prohibitions against teaching identity politics or distorting history in teacher preparation, school leader preparation, and general education core courses, removing content-based constraints on higher education curricula.
AIEliminates the penalty that makes state universities ineligible for performance-based incentive funding if they are found to have substantiated violations of the repealed anti-DEI provisions.
AIMandates that public school instructional staff include the study of LGBTQ history and community contributions in their required instruction, including specific references to Supreme Court cases and the Pulse Nightclub tragedy.
AIDeletes the statutory requirement that school districts adopt procedures permitting personnel to withhold sensitive health information from parents if disclosure would result in harm to the student.
AIDeletes the statutory requirement that instructional materials containing specific sexual content be removed within five school days of a parent objection, and removes the monthly limit on objections by non-parent residents.
AIRepeals the entire statute governing the Board of Governors' review of academic programs for compliance with anti-DEI provisions, removing the administrative mechanism for enforcing those provisions at state universities.