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Viktor DeSantis comes for all the public universities in Florida, for real now!

MOVING TO FRONT FROM FEBRUARY 24–UPDATED

Here's the proposed legislation; the new bits are underlined.  Not all of it is outrageous, but most of it is:  e.g., The Board of Trustees is responsible for faculty appointments, and need not consult the existing faculty.  It's fair to say Humboldt did not inspire this vision of the university, as mostly an appendage to industry and the Republican Party.  A lot of these provisions will be challenged, and some will almost certainly be enjoined as unconstitutional (e.g., attempts to regulate the content of course offerings to prevent verboten views from being aired).

UPDATE:  FIRE's analysis of all the unconstitutional provisions is apt.  (Thanks to Gregory Mayer for the pointer.)

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