Legislative Update

Published: April 11, 2024

By: Elizabeth White LSU Manship School News Service

Photo by: Courtesy Baton Rouge Police Department

By: Elizabeth White LSU Manship School News Service

Posted 4:25 PM, Apr 10, 2024

and last updated 8:12 AM, Apr 11, 2024

BATON ROUGE–Louisiana legislators continued Wednesday to advance conservative priorities, pushing forward bills to limit discussion of gender and sexuality in schools and to stop teachers from using a child’s preferred name or pronouns without parental consent if they differ from the child’s biological sex.

Lawmakers also advanced measures this week to limit bathroom use by biological gender and to provide state money for private school education. Other bills would authorize police officers to arrest migrants who are not in the country legally and prohibit protests outside of an individual’s home.

The House Education Committee voted 9-3 Wednesday to advance House Bill 122, which would prohibit teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools. This would include teachers discussing their own sexual orientation and facilitating discussions pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity during classroom instructional time.

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