Reversing a Reversal, Miami School Board Accepts Sex Ed Books It Had Rejected
Source: New York Times
Reversing a Reversal, Miami School Board Accepts Sex Ed Books It Had Rejected
The decision, part of a battle over school curriculums in Florida and elsewhere, saved students in Miami-Dade County from going months without sex education.
By Alex Traub
July 28, 2022
The Miami-Dade County School Board reversed itself yet again on Thursday, voting to approve health and sex education textbooks for middle and high school students that have moved to the forefront of Florida’s battle over what is taught in schools.
It was not just a reversal of a prior decision, but a reversal of a reversal. The board had approved the books in April by a 5-to-3 vote, then rejected them last week in a 5-to-4 vote, raising the prospect of students’ going months without any sexual education curriculum.
The rejection was reversed by another 5-to-4 vote.
“We sighed a moment of relief, because what transpired last week was essentially a banning of books and a banning of knowledge,” Lucia Baez-Geller, a board member who voted to approve the books, said in a phone interview. “That’s a dangerous precedent for our students.”
The original April approval of the books, which are titled “Comprehensive Health Skills,” prompted a wave of petitions citing a new state law that supporters call the Parental Rights in Education measure and that opponents have labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
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