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Ron DeSantis\u2019 extreme track record of undermining public education speaks for itself: He signed laws allowing books to be banned from schools, attacked LGBTQ+ youth, argued in favor of new Florida education standards that will require schools to teach children that some enslaved people benefited from slavery, and has cozied up to right-wing groups pushing toxic culture wars in classrooms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis more than tripled the percentage of taxpayer dollars being routed away from Florida public schools toward private institutions, and he recently signed legislation that could accelerate that trend further.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cOver the past three years, the percentage of state-formula funding redirected from public to private education has risen from 3% to 10%, said Nor\u00edn Dollard, senior policy analyst and KIDS COUNT director at the Florida Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research and policy organization. Next year, that could reach 30%, or $4 billion, according to calculations by Dollard and Mary McKillip of the Education Law Center.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insider<\/a>: \u201cRon DeSantis will spend up to $4 billion on school vouchers for Florida families to challenge \u2018woke\u2019 public schools\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis vowed to eliminate the Department of Education, which could endanger billions in federal support for local school districts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis<\/a>: \u201cYeah, I would eliminate the federal Department of Education if we can. I don\u2019t think that the federal government was never envisioned to have really any role in K through 12.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis launched a culture war in Florida schools by attempting to rewrite Black history, opening the door to book bans, and targeting LGBTQ+ students. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cNew Florida teaching standards say African Americans received some \u2018personal benefit\u2019 from slavery\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed four bills Wednesday restricting LGBTQ rights, including a measure that expands what critics have called the state\u2019s \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 law and another that will ban transition-related care for minors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cAs he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books \u2014 not just in Florida schools but in an increasing number of other conservative states.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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