Feds Investigate DeSantis’ Pet College Over Civil Rights

September 9, 2023 Education, Republicans

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports:

The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into New College of Florida’s trustees and administration following a civil rights complaint filed on Aug. 22, according to a letter sent Friday from the agency to college Interim President Richard Corcoran.

The DOE’s Office of Civil Rights said it plans to investigate the college on the basis of disability discrimination and determine whether it “excluded qualified persons with disabilities from participation in, denied them the benefits of, or otherwise subjected them to discrimination in its programs, activities, aids, benefits, or services..”

The civil rights complaint outlined an ongoing trend of discrimination against “protected groups” such as LGBTQ+ students, and the creation of a hostile environment toward those students. Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist, vocal opponent of diversity policy and trustee appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, was named several times in the complaint for allegedly creating a hostile environment for students.

Read the full article. Rufo’s anti-LGBTQ posts on social media, complete with “laughing emojis” are listed in the complaint’s exhibits. His response to the complaint is below. New College, once home to a large LGBTQ student population, has seen an exodus of faculty in recent months, resulting in canceled fall classes.



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