Colorado joins a nationwide debate about what should be taught in classrooms as it revises its social studies standards.
Notably in Florida, lawmakers passed a law banning the instruction of LGBTQ issues to children in kindergarten through third grade,The Board of Education will vote on proposed changes to the social studies standards later this year, potentially as late as December.
Board member Steve Durham said the discussion of what is age-appropriate for young students to learn should be happening at local school boards. But on Wednesday, students and parents spoke in favor of including the experiences of people in the LGBTQ community in social studies standards for younger grades.Rileigh, 10, talks about importance of LGBTQ references for young students in social studies standards to the board members at Colorado Department of Education in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.
“I have loved ones that are part of LGBTQ+,” Rileigh said. “I look up to them because they are not afraid to stand up to bullies that are making fun of who they are and they are not afraid to be who they are.”
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