{"id":2204459,"date":"2024-03-22T18:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T22:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-lawmakers-advance-university-dei-ban\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T18:18:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T22:18:57","slug":"kansas-lawmakers-advance-university-dei-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kansas-lawmakers-advance-university-dei-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas legislators move forward with prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fkansas-lawmakers-advance-university-dei-ban%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=2204459&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>Kansas Legislators Shake Things \u200dUp with Anti-DEI Bill<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Legislators in Kansas \u200crecently made headlines by pushing forward a bill aimed at restricting public universities\u2062 from incorporating\u2063 diversity, equity, and inclusion principles in their hiring processes, admissions criteria, and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-billionaire-george-soros-commits-500m-to-private-college-in-ny\/\" title=\"Progressive Billionaire George Soros Commits 0M To Private College In NY\">student financial aid<\/a>\u2062 programs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A Bold Move\u2062 by\u200d the State House<\/h3>\n<p>The bill was met with significant support in the state House,\u2062 where it\u2064 passed with a notable 81-39 margin. This move came swiftly \u2063after the Kansas Senate&#8217;s approval of a substantial $25 \u200bbillion budget, which notably included a provision mandating \u2064state\u200d universities \u200dto scrap their existing DEI training protocols.<\/p>\n<h3>Challenging the Norm<\/h3>\n<p>Republican state \u200cRep. Steven Howe, the driving\u2064 force behind\u200d the\u2063 House bill, voiced his concerns, stating,\u2063 &#8220;As DEI \u2064initiatives \u200chave gained momentum, they have also introduced \u2063discord.\u2062 Rather\u2062 than \u200dfocusing on qualifications and merit, universities have veered towards advocating ideologies that \u2063alienate those\u200b who don&#8217;t conform \u200cto their beliefs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The bill aims to\u200d prohibit public educational\u2063 institutions in Kansas\u2062 from utilizing DEI practices in various domains, including hiring, admissions, and student financial aid.<\/li>\n<li>Furthermore, it seeks to \u2062prevent\u2063 these institutions from mandating their faculty and students to subscribe to DEI principles.<\/li>\n<li>Non-compliance with these regulations \u200ccould result in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/internet-erupts-after-ray-epps-is-charged-with-a-single-lame-misdemeanor-over-january-6-actions\/\" title=\"Internet explodes over Ray Epps' 'lame' misdemeanor charge for January 6 actions.\">substantial fines<\/a>, which were set at $10,000 per violation by \u200cthe Kansas attorney general.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Voices of Dissent<\/h3>\n<p>Not everyone is on board with this controversial \u200cbill. Critics argue that the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-mull-past-failures-possible-solutions-on-big-tech\/\" title=\"Senators Mull Past Failures, Possible Solutions on Big Tech\">bill lacks clarity<\/a> on what constitutes DEI, raising concerns\u200b about its\u2064 potential impacts on academic \u2064freedom and freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state Reps. Tom Sawyer and Kirk Haskins highlighted these concerns, \u2062expressing reservations\u200b about penalizing institutions\u200b without a clear understanding of the ideology in question.<\/p>\n<p>Amid these discussions, the state&#8217;s Democratic Governor, Laura Kelly,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-faces-calls-for-campaign-shakeup-as-republicans-get-antsy\/\" title=\"DeSantis urged to revamp campaign amid GOP restlessness.\">remains\u200b tight-lipped<\/a> on her stance regarding the bill, although she previously vetoed a similar anti-DEI provision.<\/p>\n<p>If passed, Kansas would join a growing\u2064 list\u2063 of states imposing limitations on DEI practices within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-introduces-anti-mask-mandate-after-effort-stalls-in-senate\/\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene proposes anti-mask mandate after Senate's progress halts.\">educational \u2063settings<\/a>, following in the footsteps \u200bof states like Alabama \u2062where comparable bans have been put in \u200dplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas lawmakers moved a bill to ban public universities from implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in hiring, admissions, and student aid. The state House approved the bill 81-39, following the Senate&#8217;s passing of a budget with a provision to end DEI training mandates at state universities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2204460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24005575362338-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2204459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24005575362338-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204459","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\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2204459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2204459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2204459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2204459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}