To use a student’s alternative name has not yet resulted in any documented instances of instructors in the state losing their employment.
Although BPS chose to discipline Calhoun and not extend her contract, it’s unclear whether other teachers who disregarded Florida law would face the same penalties.
The bill does not specify the penalties for teachers and other staff members who fail to comply with the 2023 requirement,
Which requires Florida districts to create a document for parents to sign declaring their approval to the use of an alternate name for their kid.
While another Florida law that has been challenged and partially blocked from implementation forbids public K–12 educators from requiring students to use a preferred pronoun.
Or a “personal title” that does “not correspond to that person’s sex,” the law does not specify whether or not students are allowed to use a different name or pronoun.
