Another Red State Deals Crippling Blow To DEI Bureaucrats’ Stranglehold On Public Universities

The Idaho State Board of 🎓Education voted to approve a measure banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at all public universities in the state.

The resolution forbids universities from establishing DEI offices, basing student resource centers on DEI ideology or using “‘personal identity characteristics’ (race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or gender identity) over individual merit” in hiring and admission decisions.

“I believe our actions as a Board today are a strong signal to all Idaho students that our institutions are prepared to meet whatever needs they have when they walk through the door,” Dr. Linda Clark, board president said in a statement. “I am looking forward to seeing our universities implement these resolutions while we continue working on the issue as a Board.”

The resolution is meant to ensure “that all students may succeed regardless of personal identity characteristics,” according to its text. Universities are also barred from requiring employees and students to “declare gender identity or preferred pronouns in any form of communication.”

Universities were already forced to abandon race-based admissions decisions after the Supreme Court established their unconstitutionality in 2023, though this has not stopped attempts to