Title: Limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Current Status: In Senate
Introduction Date: 2025-01-08
Last Action Date: Senator Byrne added as second author. 2025-01-16
Description: Establishes prohibitions and requirements on state agencies, recipients of state contracts or grants, state educational institutions, and health profession licensing boards regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Provides that certain civil actions for noncompliance may be filed against a state educational institution. Establishes: (1) requirements regarding a standardized admissions test; and (2) requirements regarding altering academic standards; for postsecondary educational institutions that offer certain health education programs.
Location: US-IN
Title: State educational institutions.
Current Status: In Senate
Introduction Date: 2025-01-13
Last Action Date: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development. 2025-01-13
Description: Makes certain changes to state educational institution (institution) policies that involve: (1) disciplinary actions; (2) tenure review or promotion; and (3) student reports. Removes a prohibition on the award of admission, enrollment, employment, benefits, hiring, reappointment, promotion, or tenure on the basis of a viewpoint expressed in a pledge or statement. Repeals the following: (1) A provision concerning an employee or group of employees establishing an official institution, school, college, or department position on certain issues. (2) A provision concerning an institution's duty to report certain information to the commission for higher education (commission). (3) A provision concerning the commission's duty to report certain information to the budget committee (committee). Changes certain procedures regarding the appeal of a student report. Removes a requirement that an institution submit certain data concerning diversity, equity, and inclusion to the committee.
Location: US-IN
Title: Higher education; creating the Stop DEI Act; prohibiting an institution of higher education from requiring, soliciting, or incentivizing participation in certain practices or content. Effective date. Emergency.
Current Status: In Senate
Introduction Date: 2025-02-03
Last Action Date: Authored by Senator Standridge. 2025-02-03
Location: US-OK
Title: Higher education; prohibiting certain activities related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Effective date. Emergency.
Current Status: In Senate
Introduction Date: 2025-02-03
Last Action Date: Authored by Senator Pugh. 2025-02-03
Location: US-OK
Title: Higher education; Academic Loyalty Oath Ban; prohibition of ideological oaths; right of action; effective date; emergency.
Current Status: In House
Introduction Date: 2025-02-03
Last Action Date: Authored by Representative Caldwell (Chad). 2025-02-03
Location: US-OK
Title: DEI in state universities
Current Status: In House
Introduction Date: 2024-12-05
Last Action Date: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Edgerton, Pace, Frank, Gilreath, Huff, Harris, Kilmartin, White, Cromer. 2025-01-16
Description: A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-101-680 To Prohibit The Use Of Political Ideology Or Statements On Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Making Admissions Or Employment Decisions By Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, To Prohibit The Use Of Public Funds For Such Purposes, To Prohibit Such Institutions From Requiring Faculty Or Employees To Complete Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Training Or Take Adverse Action Against Faculty Or Employees Who Refuse Or Fail To Participate In Such Training, To Prohibit Such Institutions From Infringing On First Amendment Rights Of Free Speech Of Students, Faculty, Or Employees, To Provide Reporting Requirements, To Clarify The Applicability Of These Provisions, And To Provide Institutions Shall Provide Electronic Copies Of These Provisions To Students, Employees, And Faculty, Among Other Things.
Location: US-SC
Title: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education
Current Status: In House
Introduction Date: 2024-12-12
Last Action Date: Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Vaughan. 2025-01-16
Description: A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 59-101-680 So As To Provide Public Institutions Of Higher Learning Are Prohibited From Using Political Ideology Or Statements On Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Making Admissions Or Employment Decisions By Public Institutions Of Higher Learning, To Prohibit The Use Of Public Funds For Such Purposes, To Prohibit Such Institutions From Requiring Faculty Or Employees To Complete Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Training Or Take Adverse Action Against Faculty Or Employees Who Refuse Or Fail To Participate In Such Training, To Prohibit Such Institutions From Infringing On First Amendment Rights Of Free Speech Of Students, Faculty, Or Employees, To Provide Reporting Requirements, To Clarify The Applicability Of These Provisions, And To Provide Institutions Shall Provide Electronic Copies Of These Provisions To Students, Employees, And Faculty, Among Other Things.
Location: US-SC
Title: Rejecting Racism in Postsecondary Education Act
Current Status: In House
Introduction Date: 2024-12-05
Last Action Date: Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works (House Journal-page 133). 2025-01-14
Description: A Bill To Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Enacting The "Rejecting Racism In Postsecondary Education Act" By Adding Article 4 To Chapter 101, Title 59, So As To Entitle The Article "Rejecting Racism In Postsecondary Education"; To Provide The Purpose Of The Act; To Provide Necessary Definitions; And To Enact Provisions To Prevent Discrimination, To Promote The Intellectual Development Of Students And Faculty Of Public K-12 And Secondary Schools In This State, And To Protect The Free Exchange Of Ideas According To The United States Constitution And The Constitution Of This State.
Location: US-SC
Title: Relating to prohibiting governmental discriminatory practices as well as submissions and trainings that could lead to discriminatory treatment of individuals because of personal identity characteristics including an individual's race, color, ethnicity, sex, national origin or religion and the establishment of remedies and penalties for discriminatory treatment.
Current Status: In House
Introduction Date: 2024-11-13
Last Action Date: Filed. 2024-11-13
Location: US-TX
Title: Terminating and defunding diversity, equity and inclusion.
Current Status: In Senate
Introduction Date: 2025-01-10
Last Action Date: S Received for Introduction. 2025-01-13
Description: AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; generally prohibiting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and mandates by state agencies and educational institutions; conditioning the expenditure of appropriated funds as specified; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
Location: US-WY