The Broward School Board voted Tuesday night against a controversial partnership with the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network to provide diversity training for teachers and administrators.

The proposal can be brought back up in the future, but the board had enough reservations about GLSEN to kill the partnership, at least for now.

Board members Stephanie Kraft and Darla Carter wanted more information about GLSEN diversity training and were concerned students would be exposed to sexual language.

The 5-3 vote came at the end of an emotional day. Several board members received death threats by telephone and e-mail from people opposed to the partnership, and the School Board meeting room was searched for bombs early Tuesday, said Israel Canales, the District Manager of Administrative Sites.

After the vote, GLSEN supporters left the meeting angry.

``I'm disappointed,'' said Plantation Middle School teacher Michael Record, a GLSEN co-chair. ``We just want to establish a support system for gay students. We'll be back.''

While the GLSEN issue was contentious, the board quietly approved a lawsuit settlement with the Boy Scouts, agreeing to pay their legal fees of $190,000.

The vote marks the end of the board's nearly yearlong battle with the scouts.

The district tried to evict the Boy Scouts from using school facilities after hours in November because they don't allow gay members, but a federal judge issued an injunction in March that let the Scouts stay.

The district also hired outside attorneys Bruce Rogow and Michael Burke to help on the Scouts issue, costing taxpayers an additional $56,000.

Much of the GLSEN controversy stemed from the written agreement with the nonprofit group. The agreement said GLSEN would promote understanding and sensitivity training for students. The board voted to remove students from much of the agreement.

``So there is an understanding that GLSEN won't train students or give them materials?'' Kraft asked members of the district's diversity committee.

Several people spoke for and against the partnership. Steven Krantz of Coral Springs said his gay son was helped by GLSEN as a Broward County student.

``My son was troubled by hateful words, the everyday talk of ignorant students and sometimes teachers,'' Krantz said. ``But GLSEN helped my son.''

Radio talk-show host Steve Kane spoke against the partnership, saying he was concerned that middle school students could be exposed to explicit sexual language. Parent-activist Lori Harding said the board should study the issue further.

``We need to listen to our parents,'' Harding said. ``If this has caused such a fury, then we need to listen.''

Board members Paul Eeichner, Judie Budnick, Ben Williams, Kraft and Carter voted against the partnership. Lois Wexler, Bob Parks and Beverly Gallagher voted for it. Kraft and Carter first tried to defer the vote but that motion failed.

In other action, the board failed to pass a fee schedule for renting school facilities after hours.

The policy would establish rates for groups such as the Scouts to meet in school classrooms but board members couldn't agree on how much to charge.

Superintendent Frank Till stressed that the board needs to pass the policy soon because the district is losing revenue it could be charging for-profit groups to rent school facilities.

The board also approved a motion that would require proper zoning for all future land purchases.

The board acted in the wake of an impasse with the city of Margate over a new school site.

The district cannot build the elementary school until Margate rezones 12 acres of industrial land, but city officials have refused until they receive a guarantee that the school will educate mostly Margate children.