{"id":2204174,"date":"2024-03-22T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-governor-signs-law-to-ban-dei-programs-at-public-universities\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:07:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:07:55","slug":"alabama-governor-signs-law-to-ban-dei-programs-at-public-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-governor-signs-law-to-ban-dei-programs-at-public-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Governor signs legislation prohibiting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs at public universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falabama-governor-signs-law-to-ban-dei-programs-at-public-universities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2204174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Alabama Governor Takes a Stand \u2064Against DEI Programs<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Republican Alabama Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kay-ivey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kay Ivey<\/a> signed a law this \u2063week that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defunding-child-sexualizers-like-the-kinsey-institute-should-be-a-no-brainer-for-republicans\/\" title=\"Republicans should defund institutions like the Kinsey Institute that support child sexualization\">bans state funding<\/a>\u200d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> programs at\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-abbott-pushes-back-against-bidens-climate-agenda\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Abbott pushes back against Biden\u2019s climate agenda\">state agencies<\/a> and public universities and requires those institutions to have sex-specific bathrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The\u200d Move Sparks Controversy<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ivey signed \u2064the measure, known as SB129, after it sailed through both\u200b the state House and Senate. The decision comes amidst a nationwide debate on \u200cthe focus of \u2063DEI programs \u2064on identity rather than merit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMy Administration values\u2064 Alabama\u2019s diversity, but I cannot allow a misuse of DEI to push a political agenda against the beliefs of most Alabamians,\u201d Governor Ivey \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/03\/alabama-gov-kay-ivey-signs-dei-bill-into-law-what-the-divisive-concepts-ban-will-do.html?utm_campaign=aldotcom_sf&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The law will restrict public entities from supporting DEI programs and \u200cban the promotion of certain divisive concepts in \u2064public forums, while ensuring separate \u200dfacilities for males and \u200bfemales in public \u2063institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among\u2063 the banned \u2062concepts is \u2063the notion that individuals are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-attacks-book-ban-myths-about-florida-schools-branding-them-hoaxes\/\" title=\"DeSantis Attacks Book-Ban Myths About Florida Schools, Branding Them \u2018Hoaxes\u2019\">inherently racist based<\/a> on skin color, \u200ca controversial\u2064 topic in education where some argue all white individuals \u200dare \u200bdeemed oppressors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET \u2062THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Divided \u200dOpinions<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Opponents, mainly Democrats and liberal groups, fear \u200cthe law may stifle discussions on sensitive historical topics, \u2063while supporters maintain it won&#8217;t hinder the teaching of\u200b accurate history, even concerning Alabama&#8217;s darker past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similar legislation has been enacted in states like\u200d Florida and Texas, and Republican lawmakers in Congress are advocating to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-slam-biden-administrations-disturbing-attack-on-charter-schools\/\" title=\"House Republicans Slam Biden Administration\u2019s \u2018Disturbing Attack\u2019 on Charter Schools\">cut federal funding<\/a> to medical\u200d schools integrating DEI practices into\u200c their curriculum.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Alabama Governor Kay Ivey recently signed SB129 into law, prohibiting state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in state agencies and public universities. The measure also mandates sex-specific bathrooms at these institutions. The bill passed smoothly through both the state House and Senate before being signed into law by Governor Ivey last Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2204175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1143962571.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-1143962571.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}