It's.īLOCK: Stephens is puzzled by the law. spoiler alert, it's not about sexual orientation or gender identity. MELISSA BLOCK, BYLINE: Here's the question Paula Stephens hears most from her first graders in Clearwater, Fla. Governor Ron DeSantis signed it into law yesterday.ĭON DESANTIS: We will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an indoctrination.ĬHANG: The law bans instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade. Florida teachers are trying to figure out how the Parental Rights and Education Act, which opponents call the don't say gay bill, will affect their classrooms.