Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill Wednesday that prohibits public schools and universities from having offices dedicated to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
of invoiceThe law, introduced in February, also requires publicly funded schools to promote and support “certain opposing concepts” and to require restrooms to be based on “biological sex.” is prohibited.Ivey later signed the bill into law. passed it The state House of Representatives voted 75-28 in favor of the bill, which said it was aimed at stopping “liberal political movements that go against what the majority of Alabamians believe.” according to On CNN. (Related: Universities ‘forced’ journalism students to pay tuition for ‘microaggressions’)
Ivey also said in a statement to CNN that the law does not change the fact that his administration “continues to value Alabama’s rich diversity.” The law is scheduled to come into effect on October 1st.
MONTGOMERY, AL – AUGUST 4: Alabama residents listen to former U.S. President Donald Trump speak during the Alabama Republican Party’s 2023 Summer Meeting held at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel on August 4, 2023 in Montgomery, Alabama. Governor Kay Ivey. (Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images)
Additionally, the law prohibits requiring students, employees, or contractors to participate in “any training, orientation, or coursework that advocates or requires consent to divisive concepts.” The bill includes the idea that “any race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin is inherently superior or inferior,” or the idea that any race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin is inherently superior or inferior, or that there is no inherent racial discrimination. Eight “divisive concepts” are listed, including the idea that there is, or that “fault, blame, and prejudice should not exist.” Assigned based on “race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin.”
Other states have also begun cracking down on DEI practices, and in November 2023, the Iowa Board of Regents will eliminate all DEI programs at state universities, with limited exceptions for programs that comply with federal regulations. I ordered him to do so. The University of Florida announced in March that it would “close the office of its chief diversity officer and close DEI positions and administrative positions” after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation banning DEI in May 2023. appointments and suspended DEI-focused contracts with external vendors.” State-funded universities.
Ivey’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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