Just a few weeks after the University of Florida’s faculty Senate voted against awarding Jeb Bush an honorary degree, a Republican-controlled House council decided this morning to make the university name its entire college of education after the former governor.
The University of Florida’s education school would be renamed the “Jeb Bush College of Education,” under an amendment approved this morning by the House Schools & Learning Council. What’s more, UF would also have to erect “suitable markers” noting the college’s new name and include the revised name in all university documents, including catalogues and brochures.
The provision, which was inserted into a broader bill (HB 621) renaming buildings at various state universities, was offered by Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami. Rivera’s a top lieutenant to House Speaker Marco Rubio, who has long admired Bush and regularly seeks counsel from the former governor.
F’ed up and funny all at the same time…