Byron Donalds weighs in against transgender bathroom access
Byron Donalds. Image via Colin Hackley.
U.S. Rep.
Byron Donalds has urged the Lee County School Board to back off an interpretation of federal law on transgender policy.
That comes after hundreds of individuals showed up at a Lee County School Board meeting last week angry with current policy.
NBC-2 reports the crowd was angry about a best practices poster in schools saying students should use the bathroom and locker facilities matching their gender identity.
“I stand for the rights of all and against bullying and discrimination,” Donalds writes. “However, I feel it is essential to consider the more significant impact policies have on the community. There are a host of Local and Federal policies already in place that protect Lee County students. The addition of the Equality Florida graphic in the Student Code of Conduct is wholly unnecessary and inserts hyper-partisan propaganda in the name of ‘equality.’”
A new statewide grand jury report studying school safety issues lambasted the Duval County School Police Department for outright fraud and underreporting incident and crime numbers to make a better impression. Now in response, the school district is launching its own review.
Late Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court website published the third interim report issued by the grand jury a 27-page document meant to implement and review how well recommendations from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission were being realized. The grand jury was brought to fruition last February following a request from Gov. Ron DeSantis following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting.