# Texas Democrats put DEI back on agenda after sweeping to power

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/texas-democrats-put-dei-back-on-agenda-after-sweeping-to-power/
- Published: 2026-11-12T14:56:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T15:26:46+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-democrats-put-dei-back-agenda-after-sweeping-power
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Texas Democrats want to repeal the state’s 2023 university DEI ban.
- Republicans control the Senate, making repeal unlikely.
- University board appointments could influence how the law is enforced.

## Summary

Texas Democrats plan to make restoring diversity, equity and inclusion programmes at public universities an early priority after gaining power in the state House. Their bills would repeal a 2023 Republican law, but the effort is unlikely to pass while Republicans control the Texas Senate; it puts a major education policy dispute back in the spotlight.

The law, which took effect on 1 January 2024, closed DEI offices and barred related duties, mandatory training and certain preferences, with exceptions for academic work and student organisations. UT System Chancellor J.B. Milliken said the system closed 21 offices, eliminated 311 DEI-focused jobs and cancelled 681 contracts, programmes and training sessions. A conservative policy group says new appointments to university governing boards could also affect enforcement, although some universities deny that they have kept DEI operations under different names.

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