DEI Offices Close at Texas Colleges and Universities as New Law Takes Effect

Texas is the second state to enact a law preventing public funds from supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs

The Mitchell Physics Building at the Texas A&M University. The Epoch Times

Texas public colleges and universities have closed their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices as a new state law has taken effect.

Senate Bill 17, which was signed into law by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott last year, eliminates DEI offices at public colleges and universities. Public institutions receiving state funds are no longer permitted to allow race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity to influence admissions, hiring, and training practices.