transgender students

If the bill were to become law, it could affect not only schools but also programs, events and literature at any federally funded institution. But its prospects are dim for now.

Some characterized it as a way to provide transparency and others say it is potentially harmful to LGBTQ students.

Other school districts in the greater Tampa Bay region say they are still developing their new policies, or are handling the issue on a case by case basis.

Rep. Randy Fine is calling for an investigation of an alleged student-on-student sexual assault at a Brevard County middle school. The only problem? The district says the incident never happened.

Manny Diaz Jr. said it would “vastly expand the application” of Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in educational institutions.

The state news release said “current evidence does not support the use of puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical procedures for children and adolescents.”

The stay was issued in the challenge filed on behalf of a Broward County transgender girl who is in middle school.

The lawsuit claims the new law will force her to abandon “the sports that mean so much to her” because she will not be able to participate on high-school girls’ athletic teams.

If the birth certificate of a student athlete said they were male, and then they later changed that certificate to female, the bills says they couldn't use the amended document to play on female teams.

One involves the ability of transgender women and girls to compete on female school sports teams. Opponents say the other could force school officials to reveal private conversations with students.

It was temporarily postponed during its last committee stop, and its sponsor says there may not be enough time to revisit it this session.

Said Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando: “I don’t care how many times you tell yourself this is about women’s sports and not LGBTQ rights or discrimination, because that is wrong,”