Lawmakers, lobbyists and members of the public packed into an upstairs room at the Georgia State Capitol this week to discuss a bill years in the making: Senate Bill 88.
Republican state Sen. Carden Summers sponsored the legislation, bringing it before his chamber’s committee on education and youth.
“If [kids] are going to be taught or talked about gender in the classrooms — under the age of 16 — a parent or guardian should be aware of the conversation,” he said about his bill. “A parent has a right to allow it, or not allow it.”
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