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Legislative Post Audit: Kansas universities reported about $45M in DEI spending and $116M from foreign sources (2023 data)
Summary
A Legislative Post Audit briefing to the Committee on Education reported that six state universities recorded roughly $45 million in DEI-related spending (about $9 million from state funds) for the 2023 school year and about $116 million in contributions from foreign sources, with India and China accounting for roughly half. Auditors warned definitions and reporting varied across institutions.
Heidi Zimmerman, a principal auditor at Legislative Post Audit, told the Committee on Education the office reviewed financial data the six state universities provided for the 2023 school year and found wide variation in how institutions classified DEI-related activities.
Zimmerman said the universities reported roughly $45,000,000 in DEI-related expenditures in 2023 and that, of that total, about $9,000,000 came from state funds. "There is not a consistent definition," Zimmerman said, cautioning the committee that auditors asked each university to report amounts the university believed met a working definition of DEI.…
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