I’m keeping a close eye on Florida and Tennessee, to see who is winning the race to be the best state. Last time, we saw that Tennessee was scoring points, by passing a law forcing public schools to show children videos showing the development of unborn children. But now Florida has scored two points, and both of those in the last week. Let’s take a look.
Here’s the first win from last Thursday, reported by Florida’s Voice:
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Thursday prohibiting ideology-based requirements for teacher certifications in the state.
The bill, HB 1291, prevents teacher certification programs from “distorting historical events” or embracing politically ideological positions on race, sex and gender.
Specifically, the programs will not be allowed to claim that things like systemic racism, sexism, oppression or privilege are inherent in systems of power.
DeSantis explained during a press conference that even if the state bans critical race theory or other ideological curriculum, teachers are still learning to teach students these concepts during their educator preparation training.
“This bill prohibits the indoctrination in teacher preparation,” DeSantis said. “There’s not gonna be DEI, there’s not gonna be any of the bogus history, it’s just gonna be standard teacher preparation without having an ideological agenda.”
“Parents want to send their kids to school knowing they get an education,” he continued. “I don’t think they’re interested in an indoctrination.”
“To say you’re going to take one viewpoint, one perceptive, and try to impose that as the standard for curriculum, that doesn’t work in Florida and we don’t do it,” he added.
That’s an excellent law. Many teachers seem to think that their job is to teach children their spiritual views and their moral views. But that’s not what they’re paid to do. Their job is to teach facts, and prepare children to find jobs in the competitive private sector of the economy.
By the way, don’t forget they also have mandatory teaching about the actual historical record of communism. It’s important for people to have a worldview based on evidence, not ideology.
But Florida’s not done scoring points. There’s more.
Here’s another article from last Thursday, also reported in Florida’s Voice:
ov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Thursday protecting businesses from financial institutions that promote environmental, social and corporate governance policies, also known as ESG.
The legislation, HB 989, expands consumer protections and amends certain roles and responsibilities of the state’s chief financial officer position, currently held by Jimmy Patronis.
“This will enhance Florida’s consumers against ESG activism in our financial system and it protects them against a social credit system or discrimination based on their viewpoints,” DeSantis said during a press conference.
“There’s now going to be a more robust process for people who have been in this situation,” he said. “So if you own a firearm store, federal firearm license, following the laws everyday, if they just cut you off because they don’t like that business, you have recourse here in this new piece of legislation.”
I know that lots of red states are passing legislation that’s good for conservatives, but it just seems like Florida is passing as much as every other state, except for Tennessee.
Related posts on DeSantis’ achievements
- Ron DeSantis signs legislation banning squatters on private property
- Ron DeSantis bars minors under 14 from creating social media accounts
- DeSantis’ Parental Rights in Education bill survives legal challenge
- DeSantis beats Disney’s lawsuit, while Trump loses defamation lawsuit
- DeSantis wins again: Florida bans DEI programs at public colleges
- Promise to purge the FBI, and all other government agencies who discriminate against conservatives
- All he does is win: DeSantis cuts health care costs by importing Canadian drugs
- The DeSantis plan: pay teachers well, and put teacher unions out of business
- fires district attorneys who were elected with help from George Soros
- Mamas for DeSantis: Casey DeSantis champions parent’s rights at the national level
- high tourism and low unemployment
- six-week abortion ban
- no sex-reassignment surgeries on kids
- no pronouns required in Florida schools
- no kids at drag queen shows
- pre-game prayer is allowed
- universal school choice
- making collection of union dues optional for teachers
- flying illegal immigrants to Massachusetts
- elect conservatives to school boards
- teach students about the historical record of communism
- ban grooming of young children
- protect wildlife
- banning biological males from women’s sports
- punishing Big Tech social media companies for censoring conservatives
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Author: Wintery Knight
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