Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2428: Requiring the state board of regents to establish curricula and designate courses at postsecondary educational institutions relating to DEI-CRT-related courses and content and requiring the study of American institutions and certain programs at freshman orientations concerning free speech
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning postsecondary educational institutions; requiring the state board of regents to establish curricula and designate courses at postsecondary educational institutions; relating to DEI-CRT-related courses and content; requiring the study of American institutions and certain programs at freshman orientations concerning free speech.
From the introduced text, January 12, 2026:
AN ACT concerning postsecondary educational institutions; requiring the state board of regents to establish curricula and designate courses at postsecondary educational institutions; relating to DEI-CRT-related courses and content; requiring the study of American institutions and certain programs at freshman orientations concerning free speech. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the state board of regents shall establish curricula and designate courses at the postsecondary educational institutions in a manner that does not require or constrain students to enroll in a DEI-CRT-related course in order to satisfy the requirements of any academic program. (b) An institution, or any administrator, faculty, staff or committee acting on behalf of such institution, shall not require, solicit or incentivize faculty to apply or participate in DEI-CRT practices or include DEI-CRTrelated content in any course as a condition of approval, designation or listing as part of any academic degree program or as a condition of consideration in any faculty member's performance assessment, promotion, tenure, salary adjustment or any other incentive, except as provided in subsection (c). (c) Academic program requirements whose title clearly establishes its course of study as primarily focused on racial, ethnic or gender studies may be exempted in writing by the state board of regents from the provisions of subsections …