TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV Eyewitness News)—A Facebook post stirs up controversy for Leon County Schools.

It shows a form from the district allowing children to opt out of the Pledge of Allegiance. That post, written by Micah Brienen, states, “this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read and I am so ashamed of this.”

That post was shared more than 3,800 times.

But, the decision to include this form at all, comes after a new Florida law requires all districts to include information on a child’s right to choose not to say the pledge. Leon County Schools are now removing that form from the student handbook and replacing it was a copy of the Florida Statue.

Tuesday, the district issued a statement saying:

“Leon County Schools values patriotism, civic responsibility, and the pledge of allegiance. A change to Florida law this year requires all school districts to publish in the student code of conduct booklet the students’ right to not participate in reciting the pledge of allegiance. In complying with the change in law, our staff developed a form for parents to use to exercise that right. Superintendent Pons received several messages from the community in regards to this process and– upon further inspection–made the decision to remove the form and revise the code of conduct booklet. We apologize for any confusion the form may have caused. We understand that approximately 400 paper copies were distributed before the superintendent stopped the process.”