DeSantis signs bill mandating communism education in Florida public schools

Set to assist college students stand up to indoctrination in schools, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a invoice requiring the training of “risks and evils of communism” in Florida public faculties Wednesday.

Along with making a museum on the historical past of communism and an institute inside Miami Dade School, Senate Invoice 1264 creates new requirements on present communism historical past instruction pointers. 

Tutorial subjects will embody the historical past of communism in the US, atrocities dedicated in overseas nations beneath communism, comparative dialogue of political ideologies and the growing menace of communism in the US and its allies by means of the twentieth century, as outlined within the invoice’s textual content. The invoice additionally seeks to information instruction primarily based on the enter of individuals and organizations who have been negatively affected by communism.

“It’s vitally necessary that each scholar learns concerning the risks of Communism,” stated Florida Training Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. in a press launch Wednesday. “I do know firsthand the evils that Communism brings, and I’m proud to face by Governor DeSantis as he indicators this laws to make sure Florida stays the bastion of freedom.”

Signing the invoice at a press convention in Hialeah, which is 74% Cuban, Desantis referenced the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, a failed invasion supported by the CIA that occurred 63 earlier than the date of the press convention. The press convention was held at Assault Brigade 2506 Honorary Museum, which honors collaborating members of the invasion.

Concerning the communism historical past museum, the invoice mandates for the Florida Division of State to coordinate with the Florida Division of Training to submit a proposal to lawmakers to create a museum on the historical past of communism by Dec. 1.

Establishing the Institute for Freedom within the Americas at Miami Dade School, the invoice duties the institute with preserving the beliefs of a free society and selling democracy within the Americas, as said within the invoice textual content.

“The reality will set us free,” DeSantis stated. “We is not going to permit our college students to dwell in ignorance, nor be indoctrinated by Communist apologists in faculties. On the contrary, we are going to guarantee college students in Florida are taught the reality concerning the evils and risks of Communism.”

Adjustments will take impact within the 2026-2027 faculty 12 months.

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