Idaho Board of Education looks at cutting diversity spaces [Video]

BOISE, Idaho — Inside a Boise boardroom, Idaho’s education leaders are taking a hard look at a proposed new course of action.

Calling them “hard conversations,” Idaho Board of Education executive director Joshua Whitworth launched Thursday’s meeting discussing a draft resolution regarding diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

“This is not about removing support where people need it, but organizing as such that all students have access, a really inclusionary point of view,” Whitworth said.

The proposed resolution states, in part, “Institutions shall ensure no central office, policy, procedure, or initiative is dedicated to diversity, equity, or inclusion.”

In other words, DEI offices and centers across Idaho’s four public colleges and universities could be eradicated. That includes the Diversity and Equity office at the University of Idaho.

Whitworth says the resolution aims to look at …