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Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an executive order on Wednesday requiring state agencies and institutions of higher education in Oklahoma to initiate a review of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI ...
Oklahoma GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed an executive order that defunds diversity, equity and inclusion offices and programs in state agencies, including public colleges.
Experts and students say Gov. Kevin Stitt's order banning DEI programs on Oklahoma college campuses will hurt marginalized students the most.
John Kevin Stitt (born December 28, 1972) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 28th governor of Oklahoma since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected in 2018, defeating Democrat and former state Attorney General Drew Edmondson with 54.3% of the vote.
The Department of Health settled the case, forcing Oklahoma to issue birth certificates with non-binary gender markers. [1] [2] On 8 November 2021, Oklahoma governor Kevin Stitt signed Executive Order 2021-24, reversing the settlement and calling on members of the Oklahoma State Legislature to pass a bill to clarify the law. [3]
In November 2021, Governor Stitt signed an executive order which blocked the Oklahoma State Department of Health from issuing any change to the gender marker on a birth certificate. [ 33 ] In April 2022, the Oklahoma Legislature passed Senate Bill 1100 to only allow sex markers of either male or female explicitly listed on birth certificates ...
The program was, unfortunately, collateral damage of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion executive order and as such the university is no longer offering the program after this ...
Gov. Stitt's executive order asked colleges, universities to report DEI programs and spending by May. Oklahoma colleges still determining impact of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s diversity, inclusion order ...