Kentucky House votes to end funding for DEI offices at state schools, following in Florida’s footsteps [Video]

After months of debate, the Kentucky House voted Friday to end funding for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) offices at state-funded universities. 

“The overhauled bill passed the House by a vote of 68-18, sending it back to the Senate, which passed a much different version,” AP News reported. “House members stripped away the Senate’s language and inserted a replacement that takes a tougher stand on DEI initiatives at public university campuses. The Senate will decide in coming days whether to accept the new version. The GOP has supermajorities in both chambers.”

“This bill would put an end to the failed, expensive and discriminatory DEI initiatives at our public post-secondary schools in Kentucky,” Kentucky State Rep. Jennifer Decker said, per the outlet.

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Democratic state representatives largely opposed the measure, arguing for the importance of DEI.

“Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are about creating and sustaining environments that support students and …