DeSantis Administration highlights “shockingly wasteful” DEI spending at Florida universities
The Executive Office of Governor Ron DeSantis shared a summary on Thursday highlighting budget expenditures at state universities on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs which concluded that the spending at several Florida schools was “significantly misreported” and “shockingly wasteful.” DeSantis has previously said that “these DEI and CRT bureaucracies are large, bloated, and self-serving.”
The summary comes after state officials earlier this month announced that all State University System members were required to report expenditures and resources utilized for campus activities related to DEI and critical race theory. The original memo, sent to Commissioner of Education Manny D...