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Community members urge board to reinstate diversity and equity policies after emergency rollback
Summary
Several speakers during public comment urged the board to reinstate long-standing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and equal employment opportunity (EEO) policies that were rescinded at a prior emergency meeting, warning the changes harm students and the community.
Multiple members of the public used the May 7 meeting’s public-comment period to urge the School Board of Palm Beach County to restore diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and equal employment opportunity (EEO) policies the board rescinded at an emergency meeting earlier this spring.
Speakers said the policies were not only legal but essential to ensuring the district’s workforce, contracting and student services reflect…
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