Florida Bill Would Ban Mandatory DEI Statements for Colleges

Proposed legislation in Florida would ban mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) statements from the hiring and tenure processes in higher education.

Two identical bills, one in Florida’s State House and the other in the State Senate, would prohibit “public institutions of higher education from requiring the completion of a political loyalty test.”

In addition, the legislation would also require that public colleges “establish an Office of Public Policy Events.” The office would seek to foster debates and discourse on campus.