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====== Indoctrination Efforts Blocked in Florida ======


On the surface, it appears that these are reasonable targets, but in practice, what began as a handful of employees and a paltry budget at the Department of Education has swollen to over 4,000 employees...


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|Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently put the brakes on the steady march of government overreach and divisive student indoctrination coursing through the public school system and corporate workplaces.\\ \\ The Department of Education was originally established in 1867 by President Andrew Jackson to report data on schools around the country. It was relegated to an Office of Education following its first year as it was felt the department had too great of a potential to exert unnecessary regulation.\\ \\ Due to increasing disparities in access to quality education, in particular for the poor and underserved communities, and to better compete in the 'space race' between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the cabinet-level US Department of Education (DOE) was established following legislation signed by President Jimmy Carter in October of 1979.\\ \\ The intent for the DoE as declared by Congress is to provide for equal educational access, to better coordinate with various local and national efforts, and to improve upon the management of the budget, processes and accountability. On the surface it appears that these are reasonable targets, but in practice, what began as a handful of employees and a paltry budget has swollen to over 4,000 employees and a greater than $60 billion [[https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/focus/what.html|budget]].\\ \\ Governor Ron DeSantis has recently signed anti-CRT (Critical Race Theory) legislation called the //Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees Act//. The Governor stated that Florida's educational standards are to be void of race-based ideologies, not pushing ideas where students would, for example, be divided into groups of oppressor versus the oppressed. Our children need to be able to compete on a national and global level and in order to do so, the Education Department needs to ensure that fundamental curriculum comes [[https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/governor-desantis-signs-so-called-stop-woke-act-into-law|first]].\\ \\ {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/55563/55563_original.png?250x159}}This bill will also protect teachers and workplace employees from indoctrination and unnecessary, alienating and often destructive race, sex and country of origin-based discrimination; especially when people of all backgrounds fund these initiatives through their [[https://nypost.com/2021/12/15/desantis-bill-would-ban-critical-race-theory-from-schools-workplaces/|taxes]].\\ \\ The Governor has approved legislation amended and passed by the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate in March of this year, the //CS/HB7 Individual Freedom// House Bill, {{https://content.conventionofstates.com/cosaction-prod/public/content/images/55567/55567_original.png?276x175}}to outlaw discrimination in both public schools and the workplace. This legislation better defines and protects individual [[https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/BillSummaries/2022/html/2809|freedoms]].\\ \\ The Convention of States Project not only serves to call for a Convention in accordance with //Article V// of the U.S. Constitution, it is also a growing grassroots effort to educate the public so they may recognize the power they possess. Furthermore, it is important to indicate where federal overreach may be encroaching on citizens' natural rights and how they may inform, persuade and work with their representatives to ensure the U.S. Constitution is applied and enforced equally.\\ \\ Are you ready to join the movement and spread the word? Sign up to volunteer today!\\ \\ #|SIGN_ME_UP_FORM{sign_tag:Sign me up!;coalition_id:;button_text:;redirect_url:}|#|


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|Created:                 |2022-06-11 16:30 GMT|
|Updated:                 |2022-06-21 07:00 GMT|
|Published:               |2022-06-14 06:00 GMT|
|Converted:               |2025-11-11 11:59 GMT|
|Change Author:           |Dana Cosley         |
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