In a memo, obtained by The Texas Tribune, Abbott’s chief of staff told agency leaders that using diversity, equity and inclusion policies in hiring violates federal and state employment laws, and hiring cannot be based on factors “other than merit.”
, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.’s office is warning state agency and public university leaders this week that the use of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives — policies that support groups who have been historically underrepresented or discriminated against — is illegal in hiring.
“The innocuous sounding notion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has been manipulated to push policies that expressly favor some demographic groups to the detriment of others,” Pate wrote. “Rebranding this employment discrimination as ‘DEI’ doesn’t make the practice any less illegal,” Pate wrote. “Further, when a state agency spends taxpayer dollars to fund offices, departments, or employee positions dedicated to promoting forbidden DEI initiatives, such actions are also inconsistent with the law.
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