TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Schooling Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas on Thursday introduced the quick removing of a sociology professor from a statewide course work group, citing his alleged use of educational supplies that he mentioned violate state statute by selling “gender ideology.”
The commissioner additionally really helpful that the professor’s establishment, Florida SouthWestern State School, take additional disciplinary motion in opposition to the school member.
The motion targets Dr. Phillip Wiseley, a professor of sociology on the school in Fort Myers.
In a public letter, Kamoutsas accused Wiseley of a “demonstrated breach of belief,” stating that experiences confirmed the usage of content material selling gender ideology as a “closely built-in half” of his SYG 1000: Introduction to Sociology course.
“As a professor at Florida South Western State School, you’ve got been entrusted by the folks of Florida, who pay your wage, with a accountability to show in a manner that complies with State regulation. You’ve damaged that belief and failed in that accountability,” Kamoutsas wrote.
The commissioner explicitly acknowledged that Wiseley’s course violated Part 1007.55, Florida Statutes, which mandates {that a} common schooling course shouldn’t be based mostly on content material that’s “unproven, speculative or exploratory”.
“Gender ideology is each unproven and speculative. By together with this content material in your course, you might be in clear violation of Florida statute,” Kamoutsas wrote within the letter.
Kamoutsas instantly eliminated Wiseley from his place on the statewide sociology course work group, a panel tasked with offering curricular suggestions to make sure the topic conforms to state regulation and public expectations.
“This skilled lapse is made all of the extra egregious by the truth that you might be collaborating within the statewide sociology course workgroup, which is tasked with offering suggestions on curricular necessities in order that sociology is taught in a manner that conforms to public expectations and state regulation,” the schooling chief wrote.
“You, of all folks, could make no claims of ignorance.”
In a separate assertion, Kamoutsas summarized the state’s mandate for educational rigor.
“Florida taxpayers deserve common schooling programs that replicate confirmed, lawful, and fact-based instruction — not speculative ideology.”
As we speak, I took quick motion in opposition to a professor at Florida SouthWestern State School by eradicating him from the statewide sociology course workgroup after experiences confirmed that he was utilizing educational supplies selling gender ideology, a direct violation of state statute.… pic.twitter.com/i9EbBN96sB
— Anastasios Kamoutsas (@StasiKamoutsas) October 30, 2025
