Overview
- Alachua County Public Schools placed an unnamed Talbot Elementary teacher on administrative leave pending an investigation, the district spokesperson said.
- Attorney General James Uthmeier sent an Oct. 22 letter to Superintendent Kamela Patton and the school board urging enforcement of the law and warning of potential liability.
- Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas publicly called the allegations deeply troubling in a post on X.
- Florida Statute 1000.071, enacted in 2023 as part of HB 1069, bars K–12 employees from using personal titles or pronouns that do not align with their sex assigned at birth and sets related curriculum requirements.
- Uthmeier’s Office of Parental Rights received the complaint, and the Department of Education is separately monitoring Alachua County school board meetings through year’s end after a prior violation finding.