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  Baked into the plan. If you aren’t taking federal funds, you can try to push whatever curriculum you want. This is why so many red states are targeting teacher unions, educational boards, tenure programs, Department of Education regulations, etc., in addition to trying to syphon funds into voucher programs for private schools. They want to push out faculty that support diversity/inclusion/pedagogy, stamp out research funding for things that conservatives don’t like, and install those willing to bow to political pressures.
context: The announcement is DeSantis’ latest attempt at turning Florida’s higher education spaces into incubators for far-right ideas. The governor has already unsuccessfully tried to ban workplace diversity initiatives. He also pushed right-wing higher education officials to ban discussions of “critical race theory” and prides himself on the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibits public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity.
  
  Censorship, racism, and bigotry continue to run rampant in Florida.
  They keep going at this rate and an education from a school in Florida isn't going to be worth the paper it's printed on. >
  
  A good reason not to hire graduates from Florida >
  
  When people ask where I'm from these days I tell them "Old Florida".  This dystopian, authoritarian, fascist transplant infested shithole isn't what I grew up with and I want no association with it.  Its embarrassing. >
  
  Remember when the worst part of Florida were the "Florida Man" stories?
  Pepperidge Farms Remembers. >
  
  What if diversity training was a requirement for federal grant / student loan money?