Higher education; creating the Stop DEI Act; prohibiting an institution of higher education from requiring, soliciting, or incentivizing participation in certain practices or content. Effective date. Emergency.
2025 Regular Session
An institution of higher education or any employee, appointee, or committee acting on behalf [...] may not require, solicit, or incentivize faculty to apply or participate in DEI-CRT practices or include DEI-CRT related content in any course as a condition of approval, designation, or listing as part of any academic degree program including general education, major, minor, or certificate requirements or as a condition of consideration in any faculty member’s performance assessment, promotion, tenure, salary adjustment, or any other incentive, except as provided for in subsection E of this section.
“DEI-CRT related content” means content that does one or more of the following: a. relates any of the following topics to contemporary American society: [...] gender identity, social justice, cultural competence, allyship, racebased reparations, or race-based privilege, race- or gender-based diversity, race- or gender-based equity, or race- or gender-based inclusion
“DEI-CRT practices” means: a. any requirement or guidance that a course instructor include or curate materials on the basis of the race, sex, or gender identity of an author or authors, or b. participating in any workshop, training, seminar, or professional development on any DEI-CRT related content.
History
Date | Action |
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2025-02-04 | Second Reading referred to Education |
2025-02-03 | Authored by Senator Standridge |
2025-02-03 | First Reading |