Florida's Board of Education permanently banned the use of taxpayer funding Wednesday for DEI at public colleges, based on SB 266 which was signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last May. File photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Florida's Board of Education announced a new rule Wednesday "to
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Florida’s Board of Education announced a new rule Wednesday “to permanently prohibit” the use of state or federal funds for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs or activities at public colleges throughout the state.The new rule applies to 28 schools within the Florida College System, including Seminole State College of Florida, Valencia College, Florida State College at Jacksonville and others that serve large populations of Black and Latino students.

“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. said in a statement.

“These actions today ensure that we will not spend taxpayers’ money supporting DEI and radical indoctrination that promotes division in our society,” Diaz added.

Florida’s Board of Education defines DEI as “any program, campus activity or policy that classifies individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, gender identity or sexual orientation and promotes differential or preferential treatment of individuals on the basis of such classification.”

DEI professionals define DEI as correcting inequities within an organization for marginalized groups.

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