Texas lawmakers may ban certain lessons at state colleges under expanded DEI crackdown

Students walked across the Texas State University campus in this file photo from 2018. Texas lawmakers may expand a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities during the 2025 legislative session. (Credit: Laura Skelding for The Texas Tribune)

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This year, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature is expected to pick up where it left off two years ago to address a perceived liberal bias at the state’s public, four-year universities.