NEW: Alabama Legislature passes bill banning state funding of DEI, limiting teaching of ‘divisive concepts’
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) March 20, 2024
Alabama’s GOP-controlled Legislature passed sweeping legislation that would prohibit state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public colleges and universities, local boards of education and government agencies, and that would limit teachings on “divisive concepts” at public colleges and universities.
The legislation limits teaching “divisive concepts” about race and gender at public colleges and universities and requires transgender students to use the bathroom that aligns with their biological sex.
The measure defines “divisive concepts” as casting “fault, blame or bias” to any race, religion, gender or nationality.
Concepts including teachings that a person is “inherently responsible for actions committed in the past” or that a person should “accept, acknowledge, affirm or assent to a sense of guilt, complicity or a need to apologize” based on their race, religion, gender or background are also considered divisive under the legislation.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/alabama-lawmakers-pass-legislation-that-bans-state-funding-of-dei-restricts-teaching-divisive-concepts/ar-BB1kcZvZ