PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Stop Woke Act in Hialeah Gardens on April 22 to restrict ideological indoctrination and training in schools and in the workplace.
HB 7, or what the Republican governor called the Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids Act, was passed during the 2022 legislative session and signed by the governor. It will prohibit the teaching of Critical Race Theory, but will also require corporations to keep it out of the workplace.
“An important component of freedom in the state of Florida is the freedom from having oppressive ideologies imposed upon you without your consent, whether it be in the classroom or the whether it be in the workplace,” DeSantis told the cheering crowd. “We decided to do something about it.”
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