Unions lose challenge to rule requiring state colleges to post syllabi and required reading materials for all courses
Press release from the Department of Education
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas announced that the Florida Education Association (FEA) and the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) withdrew their lawsuit against the Florida Department of Education, which should have never been filed. In November 2025, the State Board of Education amended Rule 6A-14.092, Florida Administrative Code, to require all Florida College System institutions to publicly post the syllabus and required reading materials for each course at least 45 days prior to the start of class. The new requirement increased transparency by providing students with the expectations of the course prior to registration. Following the adoption of the amended rule, the FEA and UFF filed a lawsuit challenging the requirement.
At the time the lawsuit was filed, Commissioner Kamoutsas recognized it as frivolous and stated as much in a post on X:
“The unions suffered yet another defeat after squandering members’ dues on an unfounded lawsuit aimed at blocking transparency when they should have been supporting it,” said Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas. “Students attending Florida’s state colleges deserve full and timely access to information about the courses available to them. Requiring the public posting of syllabi and required readings ensures students can make informed choices and helps guarantee they receive the highest quality education possible.”
This was not the union’s first frivolous lawsuit against the Department. This is the same bad-faith actor that sued and lost in the following cases:
- In 2025, the union fought to waste taxpayer dollars on divisive concepts like DEI that teach students to treat each other differently based on race, sex, etc. We won.
- In 2023, the union fought to prevent transparency in the reading materials provided to students in K-12 schools. The Department fought alongside parents and won.
- In 2020, the union fought to keep schools closed, which would have led to Florida’s students experiencing significant learning loss. Again, the state won, and students were provided access to in-person instruction across Florida.
Well that will give liptards more to scream about. .
Very few things are more embarrassing and damnable than being a member of any public sector teachers union.
45 days? Unfair, since that’s more time than it takes for Nikole Hannah-Jones or Ibram X. Kendi to make up and publish some new required reading for the woke crowd.
Ending wokeness in our lifetimes, hallelujah 🇺🇸🥳🇺🇸🥳🇺🇸
What rational reason is there for not telling the public the subjects being taught and their syllabuses? Maybe because the syllabus doesn’t match the subject description, I guess. Sad.
A.I. theft of intellectual property without compensation is one.
I don’t know about any of you, but I never got a list of assigned readings before signing up for classes and never sensed this was a problem. Course descriptions and requirements for advancement and a degree was enough. If it wasn’t. the last place I’d be looking for guidance would be politicians in Tallahassee.
1. This affects the State Colleges, not universities. The Dept of Education has no sway over state universities.
2. Press release sounds like it was written by Trump, full of name calling and attacks. Aren’t any of these toads professional and not in perpetual campaign mode?
3. Of course the other valid side to this – reasonable people could disagree – is that this impinges on academic freedom, doesn’t allow for flexibility (different classes may respond differently to course materials, discussion, and instruction), and treats educators like vendors at a state fair.
This isn’t “freedom”, it’s the state once again dictating to us and our institutions and pretending that the main asset of our colleges and universities – the people – is the enemy.
I don’t know your age, but before the left invented the new definitions for words, claimed people could change their sex (but not necessarily the physical parts) etc, such protections weren’t needed. Wokeness and rewriting history and facts hadn’t begun. BTW all of this current B.S. by the left is the same way Stalin and Hitler started and ran their political systems.