Multiple Florida Atlantic University students and alumni spoke out at the FAU Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday about the board’s decision to amend Regulation 7.008. The regulation is meant to outline FAU’s policy regarding discrimination and harassment on campus, as well as how to report it.
The amendment will incorporate Florida laws on discrimination and harassment in a standalone regulation, separate from FAU’s general policies. Florida’s Individual Freedom Act and other federal legislation have restrictions surrounding these topics in school systems.
“This Regulation does not prohibit the discussion of the concepts set forth in BOG Regulation 10.005 as part of a larger course of training or instruction, provided such training or instruction is given in an objective manner without endorsement of the concepts,” according to Regulation 7.008…