Bill Text: TX SB2313 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from requiring diversity training as a condition for enrollment or registration.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres [SB2313 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2313-Introduced.html
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| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 2313 | |
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| relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education | ||
| from requiring diversity training as a condition for enrollment or | ||
| registration. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.9319 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.9319. DIVERSITY TRAINING AS CONDITION OF ENROLLMENT | ||
| OR REGISTRATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "institution of | ||
| higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (b) An institution of higher education may not require a | ||
| student to complete diversity training as a condition of: | ||
| (1) enrolling at the institution; or | ||
| (2) registering for any course or academic program | ||
| offered by the institution. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| academic year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
