The state of Florida has barred public colleges from using taxpayer dollars for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, the state Board of Education said in a press release.
Florida’s Board of Education passed a rule Jan. 17 implementing “strict regulations to limit the use of public funds for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, activities, and policies in the Florida College System (FCS),” according to a press release on the Board of Education‘s website.
The rule applies to Florida’s 28 state college campuses, and the board “will ensure that taxpayer funds can no longer be used to promote DEI,” the press release said.
“Higher education must return to its essential foundations of academic integrity and the pursuit of knowledge instead of being corrupted by destructive ideologies,” Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. stated, according to the press release. “These actions today ensure that we will not spend taxpayers’ money supporting DEI and radical indoctrination that promotes division in our society.”