Florida district drops 'sexualized' CDC student survey after letter from DeSantis-backed education official

A Florida school district will no longer use a CDC survey given to students in middle school and high school regarding their sexual activity and gender identity after pushback from parents and the state commissioner of education.

Duval County Public Schools is not conducting the CDC's 2023 Youth Behavior Risk Survey after Florida's Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. fired off a letter last week to the county's superintendent, Dr. Diana Greene, according to local News4Jax.

Diaz, who was unanimously appointed to his position last year by the State Board of Education following an endorsement from Gov. Ron DeSantis, wrote in his letter that he was "strongly urging" the district to drop the survey.