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Responses and Resources
Pen America- PEN America - The Freedom to Write
ACLU of Nebraska- ACLU of Nebraska (aclunebraska.org)
SPLC Nebraska- Nebraska | Southern Poverty Law Center (splcenter.org)
Youth Pride - Home | Youth Pride Association (ypapride.org)
ADA -The Americans with Disabilities Act | ADA.gov

Resources for students and faculty:
Racial Equity Resources | Diversity and Inclusion | Nebraska (unl.edu)
Nebraska U's black student leaders step up, address community need | Nebraska Today (unl.edu)
Nebraska transgender resources – Transgender Map

Legislation

Legislative Bill 1330 (The bill never came to the floor for a vote, and it was indefintely postponed as the Nebraska legislative session ended April 18)
In January 2024, more than a dozen Nebraska legislators sponsored a bill to prohibit public colleges and schools from taking a variety of actions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to give students, faculty, and staff the right to file legal actions against institutions that violate the proposed bill. The bill seeks to ban mandatory DEI training; advancing ideas of racial, gender, or sexual-orientation privilege; and identity-based preferences. The bill never came to the floor for a vote, and it was indefintely postponed as the Nebraska legislative session ended April 18.

Colleges Affected by DEI Legislation

University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Details: The University of Nebraska at Lincoln will close its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and eliminate its DEI positions.

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Details: The University of Nebraska at Omaha closed its Gender and Sexuality Resource Center as well as its Office of Multicultural Affairs.

In the Media

Nebraska and Kentucky universities to shut down DEI offices
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Kentucky announced this week that they are closing their diversity, equity, and inclusion offices.
University of Nebraska community responds to diversity office closures in Lincoln, Omaha
UNL is closing its Office of Diversity and Inclusion; UNO has closed Gender and Sexuality Resource Center and Office of Multicultural Affairs

What it means

Sen. John Johnson, a Republican from North Ogden, introduced Senate Bill 283 in February, which aimed to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and officers at public universities in Nebraska.

After its first reading, the bill was changed into a study that requires the Education Interim Committee to conduct research on the benefits of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in higher education.

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