Prohibit public educational institutions from taking certain actions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion
108th Legislature
A public educational institution shall not: (a) Require an employee to engage in a diversity, equity, and inclusion program; (b) Spend public money on a diversity, equity, and inclusion program; (c) Require, as a condition of a contract, participation in a diversity, equity, and inclusion program; (d) Spend public money to acquire services, supplies, information technology, or goods for a diversity, equity, and inclusion program; (e) Establish, support, sustain, or employ an office or individual whose duties include coordinating, creating, developing, designing, implementing, organizing, planning, or promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs;
Diversity, equity, and inclusion program means a program that requires an employee of a public educational institution to participate in or attend a training [...] (i) Describing structures, systems, relations of power, [...] gender identity, or sexual orientation; [...] Advancing theories of [...] allyship, transgenderism, [...] social justice, intersectionality, neopronouns, inclusive language, heteronormativity, disparate impact, gender identity or theory, [...] or any concept substantially related to any of these theories.
date | time | type | location | description |
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2024-02-13 | 13:30 | Hearing | Room 1525 | Hearing |
History
Date | Action |
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2024-04-18 | Indefinitely postponed |
2024-02-05 | Notice of hearing for February 13, 2024 |
2024-01-18 | Ibach name withdrawn |
2024-01-18 | Referred to Education Committee |
2024-01-17 | Date of introduction |