Changes

The majority of the bill involves parental notification of changes in health services (including mental health), and makes clear that the parent(s) has the ultimate right to decide what services, if any, a child will be provided.

The majority of the bill involves parental notification of changes in health services (including mental health), and makes clear that the parent(s) has the ultimate right to decide what services, if any, a child will be provided.

 

However, the most controversial part of the bill was Section 3, which prohibits public school classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity, in all cases involving students from kindergarten through third grade, as well as in any manner which is not age- or developmentally appropriate.<ref>https://spectator.org/desantis-signs-the-anti-grooming-bill/</ref>  It is this section which has led to the bill being called an '''anti-grooming bill''', but more frequently falsely called the '''Don't Say Gay Bill'''.

However, the most controversial part of the bill was Section 3, which prohibits public school classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity, in all cases involving students from kindergarten through third grade, as well as in any manner which is not age- or developmentally appropriate.<ref>https://spectator.org/desantis-signs-the-anti-grooming-bill/</ref>  It is this section which has led to the bill being called an '''anti-grooming bill''', but more frequently falsely called the '''Don't Say Gay Bill'''.