Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
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Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
#2Title is false - students and professors are not required to do anything.
Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
#3People should challenge this law in court and shot it down. One’s political view is none of the business of a state government, period.
Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
#4Title is false - students and professors are not required to do anything.
The article points to https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/st..., which says:
In his continued push against the “indoctrination” of students, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed legislation that will require public universities and colleges to survey students, faculty and staff about their beliefs and viewpoints to support “intellectual diversity.”
Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
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Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
#6Title is false - students and professors are not required to do anything.
The article points to https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/st... , which says: In his continued push against the “indoctrination” of students, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed legislation that will require public universities and colleges to survey students, faculty and staff about their beliefs and viewpoints to support “intellectual diversity.”
“Survey” sounds more like a study, but it’s not required to answer? That’s a big difference.
Consider the “gay the census“ movement in 2020, or asking about immigration. The state can ask for a questionnaire and they can ask for your answers, but requiring those answers, and attaching employment to those answers, is it entirely different matter.
Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
#7Title is false - students and professors are not required to do anything.
The article points to https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/st... , which says: In his continued push against the “indoctrination” of students, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed legislation that will require public universities and colleges to survey students, faculty and staff about their beliefs and viewpoints to support “intellectual diversity.”
Text from the law in the linked article:
>The State Board of Education shall require each Florida College System institution to conduct an annual assessment of the intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity at that institution. The State Board of Education shall select or create an objective, nonpartisan, and statistically valid survey to be used by each institution which considers the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented and members of the college community, including students, faculty, and staff, feel free to express their beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom. The State Board of Education shall annually compile and publish the assessments by September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2022. The State Board of Education may adopt rules to implement this paragraph.
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/233/BillText/er/P...
It's very similar to the language used Department of Education surveys about the racial and gender makeup of schools, I suspect intentionally. In that case I haven't seen those described as "requiring students to register their race".
Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
#8People should challenge this law in court and shot it down. One’s political view is none of the business of a state government, period.
Passing obviously illegal laws to be struck down by courts is how the right has been driving their angry voter base for decades. This is just part of the show, and having the court strike it down is a necessary part of the strategy.
Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
#9People should challenge this law in court and shot it down. One’s political view is none of the business of a state government, period.
The state (thru taxes) is funding the universities, right? Speaking for myself, if I was funding a university I would do things to encourage intellectual diversity.
I’m more sympathetic to the more general view that education is not the business of state governments, period.
Re: Desantis signs bill req. FL students, professors to register political views
#10Title is false - students and professors are not required to do anything.
Florida is giving a "rate my professor" survey to students with political agendas to give the board of education grounds to fire professors.
" The State Board of Education shall select or create an objective, nonpartisan, and statistically valid survey to be used by each institution which considers the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented and members of the college community, including students, faculty, and staff, feel free to express their beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom "
I have been in college longer than I care to admit and I have never seen a person needing shielding for "intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity". However I have seen people who clearly didn't read the text come in and declare 1+1 is 3 and thoroughly believe they failed because the prof hated them.