Due Diligence

Why Is The LAUSD Financially Supporting Bigotry?

The Los Angeles School Board voted to send $6 million to the Florida Department of Education as that state implements a “Don’t Say Gay” law.

“Freedom is under attack in your state [Florida]. Your Republican leaders are banning books, making it harder to vote, restricting speech in classrooms, [and] even criminalizing women and doctors. I urge all of you living in Florida to join the fight. Or join us in California where we still believe in freedom — freedom of speech, freedom to choose, freedom from hate, and the freedom to love. Don’t let them take your freedom.”

- Gavin Newsom

As bad as Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” looked on paper, its implementation has been even worse. One district ordered its “teachers to remove signage indicating a classroom is a ‘safe space’ for LGBTQ students.” Also banned from teachers’ desks are “photos of their families…if they have a same-sex spouse.” “If a student ‘comes out’ to them”, a teacher must report it to their parents. One school board unanimously passed a policy that requires other parents to be informed “upon…