Florida Banning DEI In All Public Colleges, DeSantis Says

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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated January 22, 2024

Under the authority from an anti-DEI bill signed into law by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis last May, the State Board of Education announced a new set of restrictions last Wednesday. Now, “the state’s 28 public colleges” are prohibited “from using government funds for diversity, equity and inclusion [(DEI)] efforts.”

This means that both state and federal funds are not allowed to be used to

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