Texas chooses merit over DEI

 Texas Tribune:

The Texas House gave final approval Monday to one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s legislative priorities that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion offices in public colleges and universities.

The legislation now heads back to the upper chamber where the Senate could accept the changes or elect to meet in a conference committee of lawmakers to hash out the differences. If the legislation becomes law, Texas would be the second state in the nation with such a ban, following Florida.

The bill received preliminary approval Friday after hours of debate and multiple attempts to kill the legislation from Democrats. In an attempt to stop a deluge of amendments opposing Senate Bill 17, lawmakers approved an amendment offered by the bill’s sponsor, Seguin Republican John Kuempel, that requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct an annual study into the impact of banning DEI offices, allows universities to make “reasonable efforts” to re-assign employees in DEI offices to new positions with similar pay, and shifts the day the bill goes into effect back by three months to Jan. 1.
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DEI is an attempt by Democrats to save racial preference in hiring putting diversity above merit. 

See, also:

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declares 'state of emergency' over school choice bill

Republican state lawmakers have planned to use their veto-proof majority to pass education reform

The governor is choosing to support the teachers' unions over the parents of students. 

And:

Parents Sue Elite Schools for ‘Indoctrinating’ Their Kids With Anti-Racist Policies

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 But after the murder of George Floyd, the $50,000-a-year school said it was reimagining its purpose “with an eye toward anti-racism” and diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI. In Eisenberg’s view, Brentwood was pulling a “bait and switch” on parents. He sued the school last year for breach of contract, civil rights violations and emotional distress.

“The curriculum change shifted away from teaching students critical thinking skills — how to think — and started indoctrinating them into what to think, based on Brentwood’s preferred political fad of the moment,” Eisenberg said in his lawsuit.

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