DeSantis Announces New Initiative To Help Jewish Students Transfer To Schools In Florida | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Ryan Saavedra.

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced this week a new initiative designed to help Jewish students transfer to colleges and universities inside the state as many have faced anti-Semitism and threats at institutions of higher learning in blue states.

    The governor directed the State University System of Florida and the Florida College System to "waive certain transfer application requirements that would otherwise unnecessarily burden the transfer of Jewish students" who wish to leave their current schools, according to a statement from the governor's office.

    The Executive Order that the governor signed applies to all prospective transfer students regardless of whether or not they are Jewish as long as the student has "a well-founded fear of antisemitic or other religious discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or violence at an out-of-state, degree-granting, accredited institution, within the United States."

    "Florida is experiencing an elevated number of inquiries from out-of-state students to transfer to Florida universities and colleges," the statement said. "Building on the Governor's Executive Order 23-208, as ratified and reaffirmed by Executive Order 23-242, regarding the Impacts of War in Israel, today's action will clear credit hour and application window requirements that would stand in the way of an otherwise academically eligible transfer student."

    The governor also urged colleges and universities to grant out-of-state tuition waivers on a case-by-case basis to students who lack resources and will experience a financial hardship by having to move.

    DeSantis mentioned the new initiative during his state of the state address on Tuesday where he also highlighted how his administration stepped up protection for Jewish institutions in the days following Hamas' October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.

    "This week, Jewish students across the country are returning to campuses that have condoned anti-Semitism," he said. "Over the coming months, they will have a tough decision to make - pack up and leave or stay and endure continued hatred - and if they do decide to come to Florida, we will welcome them with open arms."

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A majority of Americans still believe in OUR 1st Amendment guaranteed Freedom of Speech; however, at what bold point does the constitutional right to Free Speech becomes unabashed anti-Semitic Hate Speech, and while it should possibly be tolerated on our college campuses, and on the streets of mostly Sanctuary Cities, these events should be rightfully observed and scrupulously monitored ... or, not? What is your true opinion of when too much of enough is just too much, or not?

  The answer to Free Speech I don't agree with is more, and incredibly robust Free Speech.

  There is a point when Free Speech becomes counter productive to sustaining a peaceful society.

  Free Speech should only be tolerated if it represents the status quo of the highly educated orthodoxy.

  Early in life, I learned to speak only when I am spoken to.

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