November 06, 2023
A Florida federal judge ruled that students and professors at New College of Florida lack standing in their challenge to the state's new academic diversity and inclusion laws, writing that regulations targeting individual professors would need to be issued before the court can examine whether the state laws violate the First Amendment.
October 23, 2023
Florida education officials have asked a Tallahassee federal judge to toss a suit challenging the constitutionality of a state law that prohibits spending tax money on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, arguing that the nonprofit, professors and students bringing the action weren't targets of the legislation and lacked standing to sue.
August 15, 2023
Students and faculty of a public Florida liberal arts college have sued state and university officials in federal court over a law banning general education courses related to diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, saying that the law is unconstitutional because it censors speech based on the content of what's taught in the classroom.