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Regents pause vote on proposed policy limiting "substantial" content of required courses after months of public comment
Summary
The governance committee and board leaders said they would delay final action on a contentious draft policy that would restrict "substantial" instruction of certain concepts (including diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory) in required courses, citing pushback and a need for further review.
The Board of Regents' governance, evaluation and human resources committee discussed a proposed policy on June 25 that would constrain "substantial" presentation of certain topics in required courses and provide a process for exceptions. After weeks of public comment and dozens of emails to the board, regents said they would pause the vote to gather more input and refine the draft.
Background and policy text
The draft policy would apply to required courses and use the term "substantial" as a threshold for content that could not be presented as settled fact if the topic matched a…
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