The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization condemned the Louisiana House’s shocking motion to revive Don’t Say Gay or Trans legislation, ignoring the House Education Committee’s decision to reject the bill last week.
In an unusual move, the Louisiana House voted Tuesday to revive a controversial bill that would ban public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms.
Proposal advances to end corporal punishment in Louisiana public schools Share Updated: 8:07 PM CDT Apr 28, 2021 Share Updated: 8:07 PM CDT Apr 28, 2021 Louisiana public school students received corporal punishment more than a thousand times in the previous school year, but that form of discipline could soon be headed to the history books. A legislative committee advanced a bill Wednesday that would ban paddling for kindergarten through 12th-grade students.There are 29 public school districts out of 69 in Louisiana that still allow corporal punishment, although parents can refuse to let administrators use that option. State Rep. Stephanie Hilferty (R-New Orleans) is author of the proposal. She cited research from the American Academy of Pediatrics that found children who were spanked became more aggressive. Corporal punishment is not allowed in early education, juvenile detention and adult prison systems, Hilferty told members of the House Education
Members of the Louisiana Legislature s Black Caucus want the House Speaker Clay Schexnayder to remove the chairman of the House Education Committee from his post.
Rep. Ray Garofalo (R-Chalmette) proposed a bill that would have banned the teaching of “divisive concepts” about race and sex in Louisiana schools, colleges, and universities. The committee voluntarily deferred the bill, but a vote to kill the bill outright died by a 7-7 vote. This allows Garofalo to resubmit the bill for consideration later in the session.
“This bill is about equality - not racial equity, Rep. Garofalo said last week in a statement he emailed to Louisiana news organizations. This bill addresses the growing concern of what many are calling the indoctrination of our children through racist and sexist programs in our schools education curricula and policies.”
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