The University of Florida (UF) could lose some $100 million in state funding if professors use lectures to force their personal views onto students, the university’s president warned.
In a 20-slide presentation sent to all faculty members and staff last week, UF President Kent Fuchs said that the state could impose “large financial penalties” on any public college or university that violates House Bill 7, which was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis this April and will come into effect in July.
For UF, a violation of House Bill 7 could mean the loss of $106 million in performance-based funding, which the university received from the state for the 2020–2021 academic year.
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