Florida Senate - 2022                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/HB 7, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Farmer moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 117 - 134
    4  and insert:
    5         (2)(a) Discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity,
    6  national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual identity,
    7  disability, religion, or marital status against a student or an
    8  employee in the state system of publicly funded public K-20
    9  education is prohibited. No person in this state shall, on the
   10  basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender
   11  identity, sexual identity, disability, religion, or marital
   12  status, be excluded from participation in, be denied the
   13  benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any
   14  publicly funded public K-20 education program or activity, or in
   15  any employment conditions or practices, conducted by a public
   16  educational institution that receives or benefits from federal
   17  or state financial assistance.
   18         (b) The criteria for admission to a program or course shall
   19  not have the effect of restricting access by persons of a
   20  particular race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender
   21  identity, sexual identity, disability, religion, or marital
   22  status.
   23         (c) All schools that receive public funds and offer public
   24  K-20 education classes shall be available to all students
   25  without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender,
   26  gender identity, sexual identity, disability, religion, or
   27  marital
   28  
   29  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   30  And the title is amended as follows:
   31         Delete line 11
   32  and insert:
   33         construction; amending s. 1000.05, F.S.; prohibiting
   34         discrimination against certain students and employees
   35         based on such students’ or employees’ sex, gender
   36         identity, or sexual identity; requiring certain
   37         classes to be available to students regardless of such
   38         students’ sex, gender identity, or sexual identity;
   39         providing