Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in state agencies in Louisiana.

Highlights:

• Requires all public postsecondary management boards to adopt a plan to ensure that each institution does not require DEI-related instructional content in undergraduate academic degree programs (Sec. 1).

• Exempts majors, minors, certificates, or departments whose title clearly establishes its course of study as primarily focused on racial, ethnic, or gender studies (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this Section does not prohibit any individual faculty member from including instruction or instructional materials related to diversity, equity, or inclusion-related topics (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits state agencies, departments, public postsecondary institutions, and offices from the following (Sec. 2):

• Having any initiative, training, or office related to DEI;

• Employing, contracting, engaging, or hiring an individual to perform functions related to DEI;

• Requiring or soliciting an applicant, employee, or student to provide a written or oral statement regarding DEI;

• Extending any preferential treatment based on race, color, ethnicity, sex, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation in making admissions or financial-aid decisions at a public postsecondary education institution; and

• Giving differential or preferential treatment to an applicant, employee, or student based on views or actions related to DEI.

• Specifies that this Section shall be construed to conflict with or prohibit compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Sec. 2).

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