Critics of anti-DEI legislation, including national and state teachers unions and free speech advocacy groups, likened these laws to censorship and say they will halt progress addressing inequality.

Since 2023, state lawmakers have introduced at least 85 anti-DEI bills across 28 states, many using model legislation from the Manhattan and Goldwater Institutes, two Republican think tanks ...

Below are snapshots from some of the 19 states that have introduced or passed anti-DEI legislation. ... The bulk of anti-DEI efforts is focused on state agencies and higher education institutions.

The state’s new law will take effect on July 1, 2024, and requires all public colleges and universities, public K-12 schools and any government institution with DEI programs in Utah to change ...

The university is only one of several institutions in the nation that the recent wave of anti-DEI legislation has impacted. NBC News reported that A1 states have proposed legislation challenging ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The Ohio House is mulling a major higher education bill that would ban DEI, but Ohio is not the first state to implement such legislation. Senate Bill 1 had its first ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The City of Memphis and Shelby County Government have ended their Minority Women Enterprise programs. On July 1, a state law went into effect dismantling DEI departments. 40 ...

BOISE — Idaho’s legislative Diversity Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, work group focused on definitions, university policies and potential legislation in its second meeting.

A bill to stop diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives at Kentucky's public colleges and universities is headed to the governor's desk.The state Senate approved House Bill 4 ...