Florida lawmakers will move to increase state control of Walt Disney World’s private government, according to a notice.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers will move to increase state control of Walt Disney World’s private government, according to a notice published Friday, the latest development inposted on the Osceola County website says the Republican-controlled statehouse will take up legislation changing the structure and powers of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, as the 55-year-old Disney government is known.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis last year signed legislation that would dissolve the Disney government in June 2023, a move aimed at punishing the company for its public opposition tothat bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and lessons deemed not age appropriate.
DeSantis and statehouse Republicans slammed Disney, saying the entertainment giant had become a purveyor of so-called woke ideologies that are inappropriate for children. The language of Friday’s notice aligns with assurances Republican lawmakers and DeSantis have made regarding the district’s future, including a pledge that the district’s debts and bond obligations would not fall to local county governments.
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