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Florida governor proposed protecting college students’ right to party. What happened? Meleah Lyden and Emma McAvoy © Lauren Witte People wait in line outside Grog House Grill at Midtown in Gainesville, Fla., on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. [Lauren Witte/Special to the Sun]
To party or not to party? As college students across Florida wrestled during the pandemic over public health restrictions, including whether it was safe to visit bars, nightclubs or house parties, Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in.
The Republican governor said Florida was exploring a bill of rights that would protect students – generally at lower risk from the virus – from being punished by their universities if they violated social-distancing rules, mask-wearing violations or other public health measures.
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To party or not to party? As college students across Florida wrestled during the pandemic over public health restrictions, including whether it was safe to visit bars, nightclubs or house parties, Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in.
The Republican governor said Florida was exploring a bill of rights that would protect students – generally at lower risk from the virus – from being punished by their universities if they violated social-distancing rules, mask-wearing violations or other public health measures.
“It’s incredibly draconian that a student would get potentially expelled for going to a party,” DeSantis said in September. “That’s what college kids do, and they’re at low risk. And I just think that we’ve got to be reasonable about this and really focus the efforts on where the most significant risk is.”
Racing to get out of town by Friday, lawmakers are putting the finishing touches on new restrictions on voting, a clampdown on social media companies and a plan to end a traditional pension plan for teachers, police officers and other government workers.
But while lawmakers decide the fate of a slew of contentious bills and bring a pandemic-curtailed legislative session to a close, lobbyists, activists and watchdog groups mourned not only the death of bills, but also of sunshine.
Pandemic protocols restricted people wanting to testify when bills were considered to increase penalties for crimes during protests, provide tax cuts and shield businesses from liability, among other things.
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