DeSantis plans to ban ‘indoctrination’ at Florida colleges and universities

WFLA-TV ^ | 01/31/2023 | Sam Sachs

[Recovering_Democrat]

Gov. Ron DeSantis and State University System of Florida Chancellor Ray Rodrigues spoke at the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota in Bradenton. The event was centered on “bringing accountability to the higher education system” in Florida.

....DeSantis said the “dominant approach” [to education] was common around the U.S., and that people see it “manifested” around the country as “DEI bureaucracies,” saying that they were “hostile to academic freedom and constitute a drain on resources” by committing to things like Critical Race Theory and mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Here is the current list of GOP Governors. It is fair to ask what they are doing to address CRT and other WOKE indoctrination in their schools.

GOP GOVERNORS IN 2023

Alabama Kay Ivey Republican

Alaska Mike Dunleavy Republican

Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders Republican

Florida Ron DeSantis Republican

Georgia Brian Kemp Republican

Idaho Brad Little Republican

Indiana Eric Holcomb Republican

Iowa Kim Reynolds Republican

Mississippi Tate Reeves Republican

Missouri Mike Parson Republican

Montana Greg Gianforte Republican

Nebraska Jim Pillen Republican

Nevada Joe Lombardo Republican

New Hampshire Chris Sununu Republican

North Dakota Doug Burgum Republican

Ohio Mike DeWine Republican

Oklahoma Kevin Stitt Republican

South Carolina Henry McMaster Republican

South Dakota Kristi Noem Republican

Tennessee Bill Lee Republican

Texas Greg Abbott Republican

Utah Spencer Cox Republican

Vermont Phil Scott Republican

Virginia Glenn Youngkin Republican

West Virginia Jim Justice Republican

Wyoming Mark Gordon Republican

[entropy12]

The beaches here in NE Florida indeed are the best. Many miles long, so never overcrowded, with plenty of soft sand to walk on.

[Jacquerie]

<>To me the latter would be a free speech issue.<>

Nope.

Perfessors are free to spout their CRT nonsense on their own time outside of class.

At state-funded schools they work for their employers, the state of FL, which has every right and DUTY to set the curriculum.

[lastchance]

Well I disagree. To me the problem is professors who intimidate students who disagree or do not allow alternative materials. But if they want to lecture on the subject that should be permitted. College students need to be introduced to controversial ideas. I think it more important they learn how to counter DEI not that they never be exposed to it.

[Bob434]

every single one of them shoudl be asked- I do know Sarah Huckabee has passed legislation to ban CRT (I beleive i heard that awhile backk)

[rodguy911]

From the link: DeSantis is the real deal,hes not fooling around:,kids need to learn to think not to be indoctrinated.!!

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis and State University System of Florida Chancellor Ray Rodrigues spoke at the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota in Bradenton. The event was centered on “bringing accountability to the higher education system” in Florida.

DeSantis said the United States was currently in the midst of a larger societal discussion on what the purpose of higher education is. He said it was especially centered on publicly funded systems.

Florida lawmaker proposes bill to allow fees instead of security deposits for renters “I think you have the dominant view, which is not the right view. The dominant view is the use of higher education under this view is to impose ideological conformity, to try to promote political activism,” DeSantis said. “That’s what a university should be. That’s not what we believe is appropriate in the state of Florida. Instead we need our higher education to focus on promoting academic excellence, the pursuit of truth, and to give students the foundation to think for themselves.”

DeSantis said the “dominant approach” was common around the U.S., and that people see it “manifested” around the country as “DEI bureaucracies,” saying that they were “hostile to academic freedom and constitute a drain on resources” by committing to things like Critical Race Theory and mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

The governor said that the state had passed the Stop WOKE Act in 2022 to remove those requirements and stop them “from imposing an agenda on people” to prevent private employees from being forced to go through DEI training.

“They will also do things like require diversity statements is what they call it, but that’s basically like making people take a political oath,” DeSantis said. “In fact, that has been applied across the country, so if a candidate says ‘my view is to treat everyone the same regardless of the color of their skin,’ that they get points off for saying that. That you have to embrace things like critical theory, like the idea of implicit bias and all of those other things, and that’s just not appropriate.”

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Here's Ron: