Posted on Aug 1, 2023
Kentucky's top education official resigns over anti-LGBTQ+ law
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Kentucky Education Commissioner Jason Glass says he’d rather leave his job than be charged with implementing new restrictions on transgender students under Senate Bill 150.
Glass announced his resignation Monday. In a conversation with reporters Tuesday, Glass explained his decision.
“Of course my decision to leave was influenced by the political situation that we find ourselves in in Kentucky, but also in many other places across the nation,” Glass said.
“I do not wish to be part of implementing the dangerous and unconstitutional anti-LGBTQI law that the Legislature passed this last session. So it is time for me to move on.”
Glass was referring to Senate Bill 150, which requires local school districts to prohibit transgender students from using bathrooms that match their gender. It also restricts classroom speech on sex education, gender identity and sexual orientation, and allows school staff to intentionally misgender students.
Glass announced his resignation Monday. In a conversation with reporters Tuesday, Glass explained his decision.
“Of course my decision to leave was influenced by the political situation that we find ourselves in in Kentucky, but also in many other places across the nation,” Glass said.
“I do not wish to be part of implementing the dangerous and unconstitutional anti-LGBTQI law that the Legislature passed this last session. So it is time for me to move on.”
Glass was referring to Senate Bill 150, which requires local school districts to prohibit transgender students from using bathrooms that match their gender. It also restricts classroom speech on sex education, gender identity and sexual orientation, and allows school staff to intentionally misgender students.
Kentucky's top education official resigns over anti-LGBTQ+ law
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Glass was referring to Senate Bill 150, which requires local school districts to prohibit transgender students from using bathrooms that match their gender. It also restricts classroom speech on sex education, gender identity and sexual orientation, and allows school staff to intentionally misgender students.
SB 150 also bans gender-affirming medical care for minors.
Glass has clashed with conservative Republican politicians since 2021, when he spoke out against proposed legislation targeting classroom speech on systemic racism and patriarchy. The bills were part of a national right-wing attack on so-called “critical race theory,” a phrase co-opted to refer to a wide variety of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives some conservatives object to.
Over the course of his tenure, state lawmakers repeatedly drew Glass into committee hearings to question him over his support for racial equity initiatives and policies that are respectful of LGBTQ+ students and staff. Pressure grew on Glass as Republicans made him a popular scapegoat during the 2022 legislative session and Republican gubernatorial primary.
Glass said SB 150 was the final straw, along with a new law that requires the education commissioner to be confirmed by the Senate, which has a Republican supermajority."...
..."Glass was referring to Senate Bill 150, which requires local school districts to prohibit transgender students from using bathrooms that match their gender. It also restricts classroom speech on sex education, gender identity and sexual orientation, and allows school staff to intentionally misgender students.
SB 150 also bans gender-affirming medical care for minors.
Glass has clashed with conservative Republican politicians since 2021, when he spoke out against proposed legislation targeting classroom speech on systemic racism and patriarchy. The bills were part of a national right-wing attack on so-called “critical race theory,” a phrase co-opted to refer to a wide variety of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives some conservatives object to.
Over the course of his tenure, state lawmakers repeatedly drew Glass into committee hearings to question him over his support for racial equity initiatives and policies that are respectful of LGBTQ+ students and staff. Pressure grew on Glass as Republicans made him a popular scapegoat during the 2022 legislative session and Republican gubernatorial primary.
Glass said SB 150 was the final straw, along with a new law that requires the education commissioner to be confirmed by the Senate, which has a Republican supermajority."...
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