Opponents are unimpressed as a Georgia senator revives a bill regulating how schools teach gender

Source: Associated Press

Opponents are unimpressed as a Georgia senator revives a bill regulating how schools teach gender

BY JEFF AMY
Updated 7:30 PM EDT, August 23, 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state senator is trying to revive a proposal aimed at stopping teachers from talking to students about gender identity without parental permission, but both gay rights groups and some religious conservatives remain opposed to the bill.

That combined opposition was fatal to Senate Bill 222 in the regular session earlier this year.

Supporters of the bill say the new version they unveiled at a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Education and Youth Committee was more narrow.

“All we’re simply saying is that if you’re going to talk gender to a child under 16 years old, you need to talk to the parent,” said Sen. Carden Summers, the Cordele Republican sponsoring the bill.

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