MDLaxfan's response after reading it is pretty much on the money. Some parts of the proposed law would provide this:cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 12:28 pmFTR counselor, I read it. I even had to go to my laptop so I could finally read the documents. On my smart phone the print was unreadable without a magnifying glass. Maybe you could do me a solid and interpret the mumbo jumbo into something that makes sense. Is your major gripe all of the lines that are semi blacked out? I just want to know what I am missing here. I read it but still don't have a clue what any of it means.Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:03 am Back to the thread topic. If you have the chance and an interest, read through this and tell folks what you think:
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2 ... /Filed/PDF
The bill would ban diversity statements, make tenure and faculty hiring committees meaningless, and centralize control of core curricula and mission statements in the hands of political appointees. Unexpectedly, it would also ban gender studies majors.
All state colleges and universities must remove Women’s and Gender Studies from the list of available majors and minors. No major or minor can exist if it is deemed to be “derivative” from the “belief system” of “Critical Race Theory.” Huh, who makes that call?
All general education (core) courses must promote "the values necessary to preserve the constitutional republic" through traditional, historically accurate" coursework. "Courses based on unproven, theoretical, or exploratory content" are banned from gen ed. Because we wouldn't want any "theoretical" stuff in college classrooms, right? We're just here to memorize stuff.
No core class can present American history contrary to a founding narrative “based on universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence.” You know, the single, unitary founding narrative with which we all -- every one of us -- agree, right?
All faculty hiring will be done by the university board or president—who *may not delegate* any aspect of any hiring decision or any hiring authority to any group of faculty however constituted. They are “not required to consider recommendations or opinions of faculty.” No need to consults peers and co-workers, just the Governor's appointees, OK?
This is just about the most f*cked up proposed law I think I have ever seen. Desantis is vying to be America's Victor Orban.