Indiana: Anti-DEI Bills take Heat but Pass Committee

It would bar agencies from funding DEI offices or employees and from bestowing contracts or grants on entities that mandate DEI training — and lets Indiana’s attorney general sue for violations.

Jerell Blakeley — director of government, community, and racial and social justice for the Indiana State Teachers Association — testifies in committee on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)

For four hours on Wednesday, and with tempers flaring throughout, Indiana lawmakers and plenty of constituents debated whether …