Duval County Public Schools ended its use of the CDC's 2023 Youth Behavior Risk Survey after Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. shared his 'grave concerns' in a letter.
regarding gender identity and sexual activity, including what forms of contraception students have used, the number and gender of their sexual partners, and whether they were ever forced to engage in sexual activity without their consent. Students are also asked to log their sexual orientation.
Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. speaks at a news conference at Crooms Academy of Information Technology on June 30, 2022, in Sanford, Florida.also informed the school district that it was terminating its contract for providing data collection and evaluation for the survey, the letter also said. Diaz said Florida is planning to roll out its own version of the survey for students that would keep from"exposing them to sexually explicit concepts.
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