Mon Jun 19, 2023 – 9:13 pm EDT
AUSTIN, Texas (LifeSiteNews) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott last week signed a new law banning radical diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices in colleges and universities that receive state funds. The law makes Texas the second state after Florida to prohibit the divisive departments, which conservatives argue unfairly discriminate based on factors like race and ethnicity rather than merit.
Under Senate Bill 17, signed by Gov. Abbott on Wednesday, colleges and universities may not “compel, require, induce, or solicit” a student, applicant, employee, or prospective employee to “endorse an ideology that promotes the differential treatment of an individual or group of individuals based on race, color, or ethnicity.”
State-funded colleges and universities are also prohibited from granting “preferential consideration to a student enrolled at the institution, an employee or contractor of the institution, or an applicant for admission to or employment or contracting at the institution on the basis of the person’s unsolicited statement in support of” an ideology promoting race-based differential treatment.
Institutions will be subject to periodic audits and will lose access to state funds if they persist in operating DEI offices. The law follows
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