{"id":389615,"date":"2026-09-03T20:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389615\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T20:58:15","slug":"doe-to-block-designated-terror-groups-from-scholarships-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/389615\/","title":{"rendered":"DOE to Block Designated Terror Groups From Scholarships \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img width=\"810\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FDOE_Building2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By The News Service of Florida <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Florida Department of Education has started the process to block private schools from receiving Family Empowerment Scholarship funds if they employ, affiliate with or are controlled by a domestic or foreign terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department started its rulemaking process to comply with HB 1471, passed earlier this year in support of Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 executive order classifying the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, and the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CAIR is suing the state over the law, claiming it violates the group\u2019s First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new law also prohibits public universities and colleges from spending state or federal funds to support programs or campus activities that promote a designated terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill was approved in the Republican-controlled Legislature by votes of 80-25 in the House and 25-11 in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2feb62a33afabb2a91d79ebaef0ef1d0e6240306aa2d5bd82b9d514a59736a98.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The News Service of Florida The Florida Department of Education has started the process to block private&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-389615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}