Private colleges would be barred from receiving Iowa Tuition Grant dollars if they maintain diversity, equity and inclusion offices under a bill passed by House lawmakers.
It’s the latest effort by Republicans to eradicate diversity, equity and inclusion programs around the state. Two years ago, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law banning DEI operations at public universities and last year she signed sweeping restrictions on DEI-related spending by state agencies, cities, counties and other political subdivisions.
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House Republicans also passed legislation last year that would have restricted Iowa Tuition Grant dollars to private colleges with DEI programs, but the Senate stripped the language out of the broader legislation that lawmakers ultimately sent to Reynolds.
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The bill’s examples of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives include “any effort to manipulate or otherwise influence the composition of the faculty or student body with reference to race, sex, color or ethnicity, apart from ensuring colorblind and sex-neutral admissions and hiring in accordance with state and federal antidiscrimination laws.”
The bill says that policies, procedures and trainings that are designed with reference to race, color, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation qualify as DEI programs that would be prohibited.
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