PHOENIX — The Arizona House is set to vote as early as this week on whether to eliminate state funds for universities and colleges that offer courses on diversity, equity and inclusion.
It comes as lawmakers in the chamber seem unable to agree on exactly what is “DEI” and what could lead to the potential for a school to potentially lose hundreds of millions of dollars because of a single course that is considered offensive.
And it comes against the national backdrop of Republican President Donald Trump issuing edicts about what materials and even what phrases will put institutions at risk of losing their federal funding…