With just days left before a sweeping new anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion law in Florida takes effect, government and college officials have been mum about how or when they plan to implement and comply with the law, causing widespread confusion and anxiety.

Left to be determined includes what the state considers to be a diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative.

According to Senate Bill 266, Florida’s public colleges may not spend state or federal funds “to promote, support, or maintain any programs or campus activities that … advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, or promote or engage in political or social activism as defined by the rules of the State Board of Education and regulations of the Board of Governors.” The law is likely to affect many of the programs colleges have in place to help recruit and retain underrepresented students and faculty and what professors can teach in general-education courses.

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