Amid the backlash against New Jersey’s K-12 sex education standards, a Republican state senator is pushing a bill that would impose restrictions on how schools can teach about sexual orientation and gender identity.
State Sen. Edward Durr, a former trucker who unseated long-time Democrat career politician Steve Sweeney in last year’s election, on Monday introduced Senate Bill 2648. This bill is similar to a part of Florida’s new education law, under which teachers are not allowed to discuss sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K through 3.
The proposed New Jersey bill goes further than the Florida law to ban schools from teaching on those topics for students in grades K through 6.
It also requires school districts to not teach students in grades 7 through 12 on such topics unless they have obtained written permission from the student’s parent or guardian….