@FresnoGator
Here is the language in the anti-DEI statute concerning student activities/out of classroom activities, a slippery slope for sure.
A Florida College System institution, state university, Florida College System institution direct-support organization, or state university direct-support organization may not expend any state or federal funds to promote, support, or maintain any programs or campus activities that: (a) Violate s. 1000.05; or (b) Advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, or promote or engage in political or social activism, as defined by rules of the State Board of Education and regulations of the Board of Governors.
Student fees to support student-led organizations are permitted notwithstanding any speech or expressive activity by such organizations which would otherwise violate this subsection, provided that the public funds must be allocated to student-led organizations pursuant to written policies or regulations of each Florida College System institution or state university, as applicable. Use of institution facilities by student-led organizations is permitted notwithstanding any speech or expressive activity by such organizations which would otherwise violate this subsection, provided that such use must be granted to student-led organizations pursuant to written policies or regulations of each Florida College System institution or state university, as applicable.
This is the BOGs response to this:
Political or Social Activism” is any activity organized with a purpose of effecting or preventing change to a government policy, action, or function, or any activity intended to achieve a desired result related to social issues, where the university endorses or promotes a position in communications, advertisements, programs, or campus activities. Political or social activism does not include:
a. Authorized government relations and lobbying activities of the university concerning matters that directly affect the operations of the university or direct-support organizations of the university.
b. Endorsement or promotion of a position that encourages compliance with state or federal law, or Board of Governors guidance or regulation.
3. “Social Issues” are topics that polarize or divide society among political, ideological, moral, or religious beliefs.
4. “Any programs or campus activities” are activities authorized or administered by the university or a university’s direct-support organization(s) that involve:
a. Academic programs subject to review as outlined in sections 1001.706(5)(a) and 1007.25, Florida Statutes, other than classroom instruction;
b. Student participation, other than classroom instruction;
Student-led organizations may use university facilities notwithstanding any speech or expressive activity by such organizations which would otherwise violate section (2), provided that such use must be granted to student-led organizations pursuant to written policies or regulations of each state university, as applicable.
Here is the education part that stands out to me:
(c) General education core courses may not distort significant historical events or include a curriculum that teaches identity politics, violates s. 1000.05, or is based on theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States and were created to maintain social, political, and economic inequities.
(d) General education core courses must meet the following standards:
1. Communication courses must afford students the ability to communicate effectively, including the ability to write clearly and engage in public speaking.
2. Humanities courses must afford students the ability to think critically through the mastering of subjects concerned with human culture, especially literature, history, art, music, and philosophy, and must include selections from the Western canon.
How do you effectively teach kids and say "we want you develop the ability to think critically when you leave college." Yet, you limit what can be disscussed in class?;
How to you give an accurate teaching lesson about slavery in America, anti-miscegination laws, the anti-Chinese immigration act, women's right to vote, the Holocaust and how and why it occurred and America was silent, the racial riots during the antebellum period, Jim Crow laws, anti-gay laws, the Tulsa/Rosewood massacres etc without talking about the systemic racism/oppression/sexism/privilege of certain classes in U.S.
That is my issue with this whole thing.
