The Alabama legislature has sent a sweeping DEI ban to Gov. Kay Ivey's desk that would ban the race and gender ideology in universities and public schools.
Lawmakers in the Yellowhammer State sent Senate Bill 129 to Ivey on Tuesday, and it awaits a signature. The bill would prohibit state promotion of DEI and other “divisive concepts,” dealing a blow to theThe legislation said neither state agencies nor schools can support DEI-related programming or mandatory DEI pledges for faculty, staff, and students.
Upon state Senate passage of the bill in February, Republican state Sen. Will Barfoot, the author of the measure, slammed schools for acting like “ideological activists.”
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