The latest case comes from Florida, where district officials declined to renew a Satellite Beach high school teacher's contract after she called a student by their chosen name without parental ...

A Florida teacher has lost her job for calling a student by their preferred name without obtaining parental consent. Melissa Calhoun has taught in Brevard County for 11 years and is thought to be ...

Melissa Calhoun was fired after calling a student a preferred name and did not follow Florida’s "Parental Authorization for Deviation from Student's Legal Name Form" law Google Maps A Florida ...

A Florida school district has opted not to renew a high school teacher's contract after she referred to a student by a name other than their legal name without parental permission. The decision ...

In the wake of a Brevard teacher losing her job as a result of using a student's preferred name without parental consent, questions have arisen about what the Florida law actually says.

At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, Florida began requiring educators to get parental permission before calling a student by an alternative to their legal name. Less than two years later ...

A Florida high school teacher’s community is rallying behind her after the school district chose not to renew her teaching contract because she called a student by their preferred name without ...

According to the district and a letter sent to families, parents no longer have the ability to change their student's name or gender in district systems, and existing changes have been reverted to ...