Enrollment Crisis: New data shows that 662,000 fewer students enrolled in undergraduate programs in spring 2022 than a year earlier, a decline of 4.7 percent.Recent Issues on America’s College Campuses But its language is vague and subject to interpretation. The impact is clear enough: Instruction on gender and sexuality would be constrained in all grades. Lines 97-101: Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards. One sentence has earned the bill the “Don’t Say Gay” nickname: It could have far-reaching implications for Florida children, potentially even those who have no connection to L.G.B.T.Q. Most of the bill would affect how mental health services are delivered to the state’s children and adolescents and how much control parents can have over those conversations. I’m going to pull out the main points here, but I encourage you to read her whole analysis. My colleague Dana Goldstein has done a close reading of the bill itself, which is about much more than gay rights.
