DeSantis Signs Stop Woke Act to Prohibit Critical Race Theory in Schools, Workplace Training

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a press conference in Hialeah Gardens, Fla., on April 22, 2022. The Florida Channel/The Epoch Times

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Stop Woke Act in Hialeah Gardens on April 22 to restrict ideological indoctrination and training in schools and in the workplace.

HB 7, or what the Republican governor called the Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids Act, was passed during the 2022 legislative session and signed by the governor. It will prohibit the teaching of Critical Race Theory, but will also require corporations to keep it out of the workplace.