Georgia senator tries to revive bill regulating how schools teach gender

Georgia state Sen. Carden Summers, R-Cordele, testifies on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, before the Senate Education and Youth Committee at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Summers says his bill is needed to regulate how public and private schools teach about gender, but LGBTQ+ advocacy groups and some conservatives both oppose the measure. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

A Georgia state senator is trying to revive a proposal aimed at stopping teachers from talking to students about gender identity without parental permission, but both gay rights groups and some religious conservatives remain opposed to the bill.

That combined opposition was fatal to Senate Bill 222 in the regular session earlier this year.

Supporters of the bill say the new version they unveiled at a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Education and Youth Committee was more narrow.