Ron DeSantis signs law blocking local Florida governments from funding DEI
Summary
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law that stops local governments from funding or promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The law allows residents to sue local officials who support DEI and can remove officials from office if they violate the law. DeSantis also signed a law banning climate change initiatives at the local level.Key Facts
- The new law prohibits local Florida governments from spending money on DEI programs.
- Residents can sue local governments if they break this law.
- Local officials funding DEI initiatives can be removed from office.
- DeSantis said white men and Asian American students were discriminated against by DEI programs.
- The law is part of DeSantis’ ongoing efforts against DEI, after similar laws for public universities in 2023.
- DeSantis called DEI an “ideological construct” harming certain groups.
- Another law signed bans local governments from requiring businesses to pay carbon taxes or promoting climate change policies.
- DeSantis described climate sustainability plans in some counties as “radical” and said the new law stops these efforts.
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