Harsh penalties approved for Florida state college employees who use restrooms that don't correspond

Source: CNN




Harsh penalties approved for Florida state college employees who use restrooms that don’t correspond with gender assigned at birth


By Denise Royal and Aya Elamroussi, CNN


Updated 7:48 AM EDT, Thu August 24, 2023



Florida education officials on Wednesday unanimously approved harsher penalties against state college employees who violate a new law barring them and students from using restrooms or changing facilities for a gender other than the one assigned at birth.

The move by the state board of education comes as LGBTQ advocates have criticized the law as a larger effort to erase them from Florida schools and society.

Under the new rules approved Wednesday, staff and faculty at Florida colleges can be fired if they use a restroom for a gender that does not correspond with their gender assigned at birth.

Employees may also face a verbal and written warning and suspension without pay as penalty for a first offense. Colleges will be forced to fire employees after a second offense, according to the new rule’s text.

“Institutions must investigate each complaint regarding violations of (the rule) and must have an established procedure for such investigations,” the new rule text says.
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So let me get this straight. There is a faculty--or student transgender person [say male to female in this case] who probably dresses as a female who is employed or attends a University in Florida. Now she is required to use the Male restroom!!

But is the Florida mansion and lawmakers building exempt from this policy? [or is it already in place in Florida??]

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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising event for Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa on August 6, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. DeSantis passed a law in May restricting transgender access to treatments and bathrooms.