March 29, 2024
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Youngkin considers budget proposal to redirect diversity office funds • Virginia Mercury

After top Democrats and community leaders called for the firing of the state’s diversity chief last spring over his “DEI is dead” comments, the General Assembly included language in its budget to redirect funding from the Office of Diversity, Opportunity and Inclusion to a loan program to help licensed cannabis sellers unless “equity” is put

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Alabama Legislature passes legislation banning state funding of DEI, limiting teaching of ‘divisive concepts’

Alabama’s Republican-led Legislature passed a new measure to ban state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies.  The legislation limits teaching “divisive concepts” about race and gender and prohibits transgender students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity at public universities and colleges. 

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Florida State Colleges Banned From Using Public Funds For DEI As Outrage Against Programs Mounts

Topline The Florida Board of Education announced Wednesday it passed a rule to permanently bar the state’s public universities from using public funds on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs—the latest instance of increasing pushback against such programs, which have raised the ire of prominent figures like Tesla CEO Elon Musk, hedge fund billionaire Bill

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