Parents Engulfed in Paperwork as Florida Schools Open With New Rules

Parents in Florida schools are being required to fill out a slew of forms as the new school year approaches as part of the "parental rights" in education initiatives being pushed in the state by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The forms address new rules for schools in the Sunshine States where parents must specify their student's nickname or new name, give their child permission to check out certain books from school libraries, opt in or out of health services from counseling to temperature checks to ice packs.

Teachers are not allowed to ask students their preferred pronouns nor discuss gender or sexual identity in anyway with their classes. If they do, the teacher risk losing their professional certifications.