Florida schools plan to use only excerpts from Shakespeare to avoid ‘raunchiness’

DeSantis law that clamps down on LGBTQ+and gender issues also says material sexual in nature should not be used in classes

Teachers in a Florida county are preparing to use only excerpts of works by William Shakespeare, rather than whole plays, as part of an attempt to conform to hardline rightwing legislation on teaching about sex .

There's some raunchiness in Shakespeare," Joseph Cool, a reading teacher at Gaither high school in Hillsborough county, told the Tampa Bay Times. Because that's what sold tickets during his time."