The regulation's added ordinance barring public or social activism comes weeks after the Hamas-Israel conflict sparked incendiary student protests and backlash to university presidents' official statements.
Following Florida's TikTok ban across its public universities, at least five states have also issued similar restrictions, whether for its state colleges or universities—or both. Tennessee is about to make it six, pending the signature of the governor.
Under Regulation 10.003 tenured faculty across Florida's public higher education system will be subjected to a uniform review process every five years that evaluates their compliance with state law.
