Official Text and Analysis.

Establishes a professional development program on diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism for all public institutions of higher education faculty and staff to participate in annually beginning with the 2022-23 academic year.

(1) Establishes that each evaluation be considered confidential; and (2) Instructs institutions to not store information or data from evaluations in any database or share evaluation data with any outside entity unless it is in the aggregate.

Clarifies that the curriculum for the professional development and student DEI program may not include critical race theory.

Establishes that nothing in the professional development or student DEI program curriculum may, in any way, disparage a person of another race, color, or creed.

(1) Makes the professional development and student DEI program optional for faculty, staff, and students; and (2) Mandates that institutions of higher education not reprimand, penalize, or in any way impose a policy that would negatively impact faculty, staff, or students choosing not to participate in either the professional development or student DEI program.

Establishes that no institution of higher education may sanction, discipline, or discriminate against any faculty or staff member who refuses to participate in the DEI and antiracism professional development program or any student who refuses to participate in the DEI and antiracism program.

Requires institutions of higher education to publish the results of either the campus climate assessment or listening and feedback sessions on the institution's public website annually.

Clarifies that the purpose of the professional development and student DEI programs are to eliminate structural racism against all races.

(1) Extends an institution's 80 percent goal for faculty and staff participation in the DEI and antiracism program from annually to a two-year period. (2) Requires all students to participate in a program on DEI and antiracism in the 2024-25 academic year. (3) Establishes that after the initial 2024-25 academic year, only new or transfer students must participate in the student program on DEI and antiracism if they have not already done so at an institution of higher education.

(1) Requires each public institution of higher education to post the content framework for their professional development and student DEI program on their public website; and (2) Requires the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges and the Council of Presidents to post a list of model standards and promising practices for professional development and student DEI programs on their public websites for parents and community members.

Requires institutions of higher education that employ diversity officers to have at least one diversity officer to represent each race in the student population of the institution.

Requires each campus climate assessment to be uniquely designed for the campus it is assessing.

(1) Changes "should" to "must" to state that efforts must be made to ensure the faculty and staff professional development program is developed and delivered by individuals with experience and expertise. (2) Clarifies that improving outcomes for students from historically marginalized communities means improving academic, social, and health and wellness outcomes for students. (3) Specifies that the goal of at least 80 percent of all faculty and staff completing the professional development program is for every two years, rather than over a two-year period. (4) Requires that beginning with the 2024-25 academic year, 35 percent of tenured faculty and 35 percent of administrators must participate in the professional development program every two years, regardless if they are part-time or full-time employees.

Adds that faculty, staff, and students' freedom of speech must be respected in regards to the diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism trainings, and that faculty, staff, and students may not be required to share their own race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or gender, or their views on such.

Requires the diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism trainings for faculty, staff, and students to include elements that focus on commonalities and humanity.

Senate concurred in House amendment(s).