A Florida teacher contract will not be renewed after she was accused of using the preferred name of a student in violation of the State’s law.
Brevard Public Schools (BPS) said that the teacher who worked at Satellite High School had allegedly called the young man by his favorite name, but that he made permission from the parents to do so, Wes reported Thursday, noting that the father contacted school.
“This directly violates the state law and the standardized process of the district for the consent of the written parents,” said the district.
District leaders said they investigated the problem and “based on the admission of the teacher that KNIES did not comply with the State State State of a separate letter. Teachers, like all employees, are expected to continue the law.”
According to the reports, the current contract of the teacher expires in May, and BPS said that state officials will review their teaching certificate. Therefore, “the district decided not to renew the annual contract until the problem is resolved with the State.”
On Wednesday, Florida today He identified the teacher as Melissa Calhoun.
Congressman Randy Fine sponsored the rights of parents in the draft education law while serving in the State Chamber, and told WESH that the law said that if a student wanted to be referred to by a name that his legal name, they needed their parents to sign a form.
He added that he had no details of the recent incident, “but if a teacher referred to a student with a different name than the parents want and rose to the level that the father complained about it, then this teaching is violating the law.”
In March 2022, the governor of Florida, Ron Desantis (R), signed the Law on the Rights of Paterns in Education to expand the supervision of parents when it comes to the education of their children, according to Breitbart News.
The law also prohibits the teaching of gender identity and sexual orientation to children in the garden of infants to the third degree.
“The bill, which does not say the word ‘gay’, was poorly represented by the establishment of the media, Hollywood and other leftists such as the bill ‘Don’t Say Gay’,” the report said.
The following year, Florida’s house approved a measure that defines “sex” as an “immutable biological feature,” according to Breitbart News.
