Florida education board OKs rule banning critical race theory

The Florida Board of Education on Thursday approved a rule from Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans critical race theory curriculum in the Sunshine State's schools.

Education officials voted 8-0 to OK the rule during a meeting at Florida State College at Jacksonville that DeSantis attended virtually.

The rule states: "Instruction on the required topics must be factual and objective and may not suppress or distort significant historical events, such as the Holocaust, and may not define American history as something other than the creation of a new nation based largely on universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence."