Key provision in Florida’s Stop WOKE Act blocked by appeal. Here’s what the law is
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Florida's controversial Stop WOKE Act suffered a setback Monday night after a three-judge panel of the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision to block part of it. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the measure into law in 2022. It is currently enforced in schools but was held off from being implemented in workplaces pending legal challenges. In short, Florida's Stop WOKE Act targeted critical race theory (CRT) in schools and workplaces by codifying the Florida Department of Education's prohibition on teaching CRT in K-12 schools,...
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