A Missouri teacher arrested for facilitating a child’s transgender-related “social transition” could be charged with a felony and placed on the sex offender registry under the bill.
House Bill 2885, a bill sponsored by Missouri Rep. Jamie Gragg (R), would allow teachers or school counselors who commit the crime of contributing to the social transition of students under 18 to be sentenced to Class E. It is said that there is a sex. One source said it was a felony and he would have to register as a sex offender. report From KY3.
A teacher or school counselor in Missouri is considered to have contributed to a child’s social transition if they are found to have provided a minor with transgender-related materials or other resources related to the child’s social transition.
House Bill 2885 reportedly defines social transition as an individual adopting an expression of the opposite sex, such as a name, pronouns, dress or hairstyle.
“This bill was created and was actually introduced to help parents and families and to help teachers. I speak every day to parents who are dissatisfied with what their children are being taught in school. ,” Congressman Gragg told KY3.
Rep. Gragg went on to say that the issue of transgender children is being pushed by a small group of teachers who consider themselves “social activists.”
“I think the vast majority of teachers in our state and across our country are doing a great job. They’re doing a great job,” said Rep. Gragg. “this [bill] It is about putting the social learning development of children back into the hands of parents. ”
“School teachers and professionals are trained to teach a topic or subject and engage and support children and their parents in that topic or subject,” he added. “They’re not trained to do all the things that society has built up today. Teachers are already underpaid as it is.”
The state representative added that teachers and school counselors arrested for assisting children in their social transition would have to register as sex offenders, the lowest tier, under the proposed bill.
“There are actually three tiers. Of course, the third tier is the highest and the other tier is the lowest,” said Rep. Gragg.
KY3 noted that a first-degree sex offender is an individual who engages in non-invasive sexual contact, indecent exposure including exposure, simple possession of child pornography, and secretly filming an unwilling victim.
Rep. Gragg said teachers who talk about sexual matters, such as a student’s gender identity, meet the criteria for a Level 1 sex offender. He added that teachers who place LGBTQ literature or signs in their classrooms “would fall into the same category.”
“Teachers are in schools, teaching the topics they are trained to teach and helping children increase their knowledge. They are not necessarily there to promote a complete social agenda, one of a sexual nature. It’s not like we’re doing anything about it,” said Congressman Gragg.
Meanwhile, if a teacher or counselor asks a student about gender identity or other transgender-related issues, school officials should contact the student’s parents, the state representative added.
Aaron Shekora, executive director of the GLO Center, an LGBTQ community center in Springfield, Missouri, told KY3 that the proposed bill is a “very extreme move” and he doesn’t think it will pass.
“This is just one in a long series of bills aimed at inciting hatred and violence against the gay community,” Shekora argued. “And that’s coming from a source that, frankly, has bullied many marginalized groups in our state.”
Shekora went on to argue that such anti-grooming laws prevent people from entering the teaching profession.
“At a time when there is a shortage of educators in the state, it’s a very extreme move to not encourage students to enter the profession when they can just use the correct pronouns. .They will be labeled as sex offenders.”
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