DeSantis advocates for Florida school turnaround, parental education rights [Video]

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference at a charter school in Pensacola Monday morning.

DeSantis spoke about House Bill 1258 which limits challenges on books to one per month for anyone without students in a Florida school.

“We are beefing up our turnaround in-school status,” DeSantis said. “The kids are going to be educated but not indoctrinated.”

“Many books with pornographic material have been removed from public and private schools and parents will have the right to prevent their children from reading if they see fit,” he added.

DeSantis spoke at the Warrington Preparatory Academy in Escambia County and was joined by Florida Department of Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. who also shared his support for the bill.

“Our focus is to remove books that don’t belong in our school and to make sure our schools are not abusing the school with its book challenges,” said Diaz.

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