“Schools are grateful for involved parents and we need even more of them working together with teachers to educate our children,” Cooper said in a prepared statement. Pat McCrory addressing bathroom use by transgender people that costs the state sporting events and billions of dollars. Roy Cooper, whose vetoes can be upheld if enough lawmakers from his party remain united, told legislators to 'keep the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ culture wars out of North Carolina classrooms.” He also referred to House Bill 2, a 2016 law signed by GOP Gov. has no censorship in it at all.”ĭemocratic Gov. Michael Lee, a New Hanover County Republican and a Senate education committee co-chairman. “This is about not teaching 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-year-olds things that are not age appropriate,' said Sen.
And they say it would allow passing mention of a teacher or parent's same-sex relationship, for example. Senate Republicans disagreed, saying the prohibition of instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in curriculum for kindergarten through third grade is more narrowly tailored than the Florida law.
