Melbourne – The Brevard County School District’s discrimination policy will soon include protections for LGBTs.
That’s the word from Andy Ziegler, the chairman of the Brevard County School Board.
Ziegler says the board has asked staff to bring them revised policies and he expects to see them by end of January. Once the new language is in hand, Ziegler says they’ll appear on an agenda, then the board will hold one or two hearings before voting on the new protections.
He’s confident the new protections will be approved.
“I’m pretty confident that it will just flow through as brought to us, which should be consistent with other districts modifications,” Ziegler says.
The changes were sparked by Space Coast activists appearing at a December school board meeting wearing red to rally support for adding gender identity and sexual orientation to the school’s existing non-discrimination policy.
Lexi Wright, president of Space Coast Pride, told Watermark after the meeting that board members approached the group in support of the changes. After that, the proposal was brought up during the school board’s strategic planning meeting.
It appears this is part of a larger movement in Space Coast to get LGBT protections added to all area anti-discrimination policies. Space Coast Pride hosted an ambassador training on Dec. 4 to educate activists on how to effectively tell their stories to lawmakers in order to push for LGBT-inclusive Human Rights Ordinances.
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