LCO No. 2742 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6331 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 2742 Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT Introduced by: REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist. AN ACT PROHIBITING USE OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION CONSIDERATIONS AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 10a of the general statutes be amended to prohibit public 1 institutions of higher education from (1) maintaining an office for 2 diversity, equity and inclusion, (2) requiring a diversity statement, and 3 (3) considering a person's race, color, sex, sexual identity or other 4 immutable characteristics in any admissions, scholarship, grading or 5 employment decisions. 6 Statement of Purpose: To prohibit public institutions of higher education from (1) maintaining an office for diversity, equity and inclusion, (2) requiring a diversity statement, and (3) considering a person's immutable characteristics in any admissions, scholarship, grading or employment decisions.