University of Florida Guts DEI Offices and Fires All Staff Over New Statute
The University of Florida cut all of its staff positions relating to diversity, equity and inclusion and shuttered the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer to comply with a state mandate, the school announced in a memo on Friday.
“To comply with the Florida Board of Governor’s regulation 9.016 on prohibited expenditures, the University of Florida has closed the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, eliminated DEI positions and administrative appointments, and halted DEI-focused contracts with outside vendors,” the memo from provost J. Scott Angle and two vice presidents reads.
The cuts come just after the Florida Board of Governors ruled that public universities could not use funds to promote DEI-related work. It 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,” according to the regulation.
Florida governor and noted anti-DEI cheerleader Ron DeSantis celebrated the university’s decision on Friday.
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