“At this point there are so many things that we have to worry about, to be honest I don’t even know where to start,” a parent said. “It just made what should be a fun time of his life very scary for me as a parent.”
that would direct universities to remove majors and minors on gender studies and other programs dealing with diversity — an issue DeSantis has championed — was introduced in the Florida Legislature.
While research on how anti-LGBTQ legislation could affect college applications is limited, college counselors say families are increasingly raising the issue as a factor in their decisions on where to attend. Venkates Swaminathan, the chief executive of LifeLaunchr, a college admissions counseling firm, said between 20 and 30 of the few hundred students he works with each year express concerns about state legislation.
“Sending a kid out of the nest and into the world for the first time is already really scary when you’ve spent 18 years making sure that they eat three square meals a day and have clothes on their back and take a shower in the morning," Wolf said.
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