A Florida bill introduced last month that aims to suppress 'woke' ideas in public colleges and universities just got worse. On Wednesday, legislators filed an updated version of the measure, backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), that seeks to limit academic freedom in Florida's public colleges. The new version of the bill expands the list of concepts and ideas that will be singled out for unconstitutional censorship.
H.B. 999 was first introduced last month by Rep. Alex Andrade (R–Pensacola). Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed the legislation in January, stating in a press release that he hopes to align state higher education curriculum with the "values of liberty and the Western tradition" by "eliminating politicized bureaucracies like DEI."
