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Senate committee advances SB 12, restricting DEI duties and narrowing grievance window for parents
Summary
The Senate Committee on Education approved a committee substitute to Senate Bill 12 that expands the bill's ban on diversity, equity and inclusion duties, requires notice to employees, tightens grievance timing and adds reporting requirements; the measure passed the committee 8-2 and will go to the full Senate.
The Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 12 on a party-line committee vote after adopting a committee substitute that narrows and clarifies how the bill would restrict diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) duties, set parental grievance timelines and impose new reporting and notice requirements.
Senator Creighton, explaining the committee substitute, said the changes expand the bill's definition of DEI-related duties to include activities or programs that reference “race, color, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation” except where state or federal law requires them. Creighton said districts would be required to provide employees with written and electronic notice of the policies and that disciplinary action would be limited to employees who intentionally or knowingly violate the…
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