Hugo Viera-Vargas, a professor who was denied tenure, and a union filed the lawsuit over a new state law that limits arbitration of grievances.
A Florida professor who was denied tenure has sued his college's Board of Trustees and the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state's public universities, over a new law that limits arbitration of grievances.
Hugo Viera-Vargas, an assistant professor of Caribbean/Latin American studies and music at the New College of Florida, and the United Faculty of Florida union filed the lawsuit last Thursday in Leon County circuit court.Bill 266 that says grievances"may not be appealed beyond the level of a university president" or a person designated by the president.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner on July 28 in Des Moines.The law also bars curriculums that teach"identity politics" or"theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States and were created to maintain social, political, and economic inequities." This provision targets teachings about critical race theory, a way of thinking about U.S.
DeSantis, a fierce opponent of so-called woke policies on race and gender, signed the bill into law in May at the New College of Florida days before entering the race for the GOP presidential nomination. The small, traditionally progressive liberal arts school in Sarasota made headlines in January after
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