TALLAHASSEE — The Republican majority on the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday advanced a measure that attempts to tackle one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top legislative priorities: barring the influence of critical race theory in schools and businesses across Florida.
But as lawmakers start work on the proposal, they have not yet included a key part of the governor’s election-year agenda. Giving parents, students and workers the ability to sue if they feel they have been exposed to the influence of critical race theory at school or at work is not in the bill language.
The proposed legislation does not offer those legal enforcement powers, but rather it seeks to restrict discussions that would make workers and students “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race, color, sex, or national origin.”
