The Florida State Board of Education on Friday approved a motion to teach the dangers of communism in its Kindergarten through 12th-grade education system.

The policy follows in the footsteps of a bill Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law in 2022, which required public schools to recognize Nov. 7 as “Victims of Communism Day.”

“It’s important for kids to know about communism and what it’s done because it’s an ideology that has failed everywhere in the world. This system is also anti-American, it’s contrary to everything the founding fathers believed in,” Sweetwater City Commissioner Ian Vallecillo told the Washington Examiner. “If the ideology relies on people being killed or imprisoned, the ideology will kill or imprison people when it’s in power.”

The new “History of Communism” standards will be implemented in the state’s public education during the 2026-2027 school year. The policy requires public institutions to teach about communist regimes and how their victims suffered under their rule through poverty, starvation, migration, systematic lethal violence, and the suppression of speech and religion.

“Communism has led to totalitarian regimes, starvation, and a ruling class that oppresses everyone. It’s an ideology that can only exist without opposition,” Vallecillo said. “It’s a collectivist system that in order to succeed requires everyone to give up their individual freedoms.”

“Only the positive side of all the ideologies of what is shown in schools, and it can give students the wrong idea about communism. Kids need to know that maybe this communism thing sounds good on paper, but it doesn’t work when it’s applied.”

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