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A legal cabinet and a group of activists put pressure on the board of directors of the Indiana High School Athletics Association (IHSAA), urging to get rid of two DEI quotas for members of the board of directors.
The current criteria for members of the board of directors include a requirement for two women and two members who are racial minorities.
“The Board of Directors must be made up of nineteen seats of the Board of Directors. Twelve seats of the board of directors will be filled by any qualified person (open seats), and seven seats of the board of directors must be occupied by two (2) qualified representatives, two (2) qualified minorities,” said policy.
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Now, the law firm, Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), and the activist group, Equal Protection Project (EPP), sent a letter to the IHSAA board of directors, opposing these criteria and the demanding change.
“No one should be denied the opportunity to sit on public council because of their race or their sex. Our constitution and our law on civil rights require that individuals be judged on their character, their qualifications and their achievements, and not on the characteristics that they cannot control. IHSAA has the constitutional duty to deal with all candidates of the board of directors also under the law.”
“Quotas based on breed and sex like those used by IHSAA perpetuate stereotypes, patronize the qualified and undermine the capacity of other citizens qualified to serve their communities. We strongly exhort this advice to reconsider its use of these unconstitutional quotas.”
The lawyer for the Pacific Legal Foundation, Laura d’Agostino, condemned the criteria of the IHSAA.
“Public councils should reflect the talents and the commitment of all citizens, not the arbitrary categories of race or sex. Each individual who wants to intensify and serve his community should be encouraged to do so according to what they bring to the table, not retained because of whom they are,” said PK Press Club Digital.
PLF and EPP ended the letter by providing a deadline from May 30 to the IHSAA to respond with an agreement to delete these two requirements for its board of directors.
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The founder of the EPP, William A. Jacobson, suggested that new legal measures could be taken if the deadline goes without agreement.
“We hope that the IHSAA will do the right thing and will voluntarily remedy the discriminatory provisions of the statutes, but if this is not the case, all the legal options are on the table,” Jacobson told PK Press Club Digital.
PK Press Club Digital contacted the IHSAA to comment.
Recent decrees by President Donald Trump have targeted in the public institutions and in the private sector, and many states have adopted their own laws to prohibit the quotas of IT in the organizations funded by taxpayers.
Trump first day The executive decree, on which the GSA aligns its actions, ordered the federal contract process of “being rationalized to improve speed and efficiency, reduce costs and require federal entrepreneurs and subcontractors to comply with our civil rights laws”.
The prescription also ordered the office of compliance of federal contracts to “immediately stop” promoting “diversity” and any encouragement to federal entrepreneurs and subcontractors to engage in affirmative efforts which consider race, color, sex, sexual preferences, religion or national origin when taking hire decisions.
Meanwhile, in Indiana, a state bill written by Republican Sens. Tyler Johnson and Gary Byrne to prohibit “discrimination” in state education, public employment and licenses which is “based on a personal characteristic of the person”, was signed by Governor Mike Braun on May 1.
Braun signed a decree in January to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion in all state agencies and replace it with what he calls “mei” – deserves, excellence and innovation.
Under this decree, government offices cannot use public funds, property or resources to support DEI initiatives or demand that employment candidates issue DEI declarations.
