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A law firm and an activist group presses the board Indiana High School Athletics Association (IHSAA) and encourages it to get rid of two DEI quotas for board members.
The current criteria for the members of the board include a requirement for two female members and two members who are racing mining.
“The Board of Directors consists of nineteen board seats. Twelve board seats must be completed by any qualified individual (open seats) and seven board seats must be completed by two (2) qualified female representatives, two (2) qualified minorities,” the policy said.
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Now the Law Firm, Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) and the activist group, Equal Protection Project (EPP), have sent a letter to the IHSAa board that objects to this criteria and requires change.
“No one should be denied the possibility of earning a public board because of their race or sex. Our constitution and civil rights law require individuals to be judged by their character, qualifications and results, not on characteristics they cannot control. IHSAA has a constitutional duty to deal with all the board council’s nominees right under the law,” part of the letter sounds.
“Race and sex-based quotas such as those used by IHSAA are paving stereotypes, condescendingly the qualified and undermining other qualified citizens’ ability to serve their communities. We strongly urge this board to rethink its use of these constitutional quotas.”
Pacific Legal Foundation Attorney Laura d’Agostino condemned IHSAA’s criteria.
“Public boards must reflect all citizens’ talents and commitment, not arbitrary categories of race or sex. Each person who wants to step up and serve their community should be encouraged to do it based on what they bring to the table, did not hold back because of who they are,” D’Agostino told Pakinomist Digital.
PLF and EPP ended the letter by giving a deadline on May 30 to IHSAA to respond with an agreement to remove these two requirements for its board of directors.
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EPP founder William A. Jacobson suggested that additional legal steps could be taken if the deadline adopts without agreement.
“We hope that IHSAA will do the right and voluntarily remedy the discriminatory statutes, but if it does not, all legal options are on the table,” Jacobson told Pakinomist Digital.
Pakinomist Digital has reached IHSAA for comment.
The latest executive orders from President Donald Trump have targeted DEI in both public institutions and the private sector, and many states have passed their own laws to ban DEI quotas in taxpayer-funded organizations.
Trumps day one Executive Order, with which GSA adapts its actions, ordered the federal contracting process to “be streamlined to improve speed and efficiency, reduce costs and require federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with our civil rights laws.”
The order also commanded the Office of Federal Contract Compliance to “immediately cease” promote “diversity” and any encouragement from federal contractors and subcontractors to participate in affirmative action -like efforts considering race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion or national origin when making employment decisions.
In Indiana, in Indiana, a state bill written by Republican Sens. Tyler Johnson and Gary Byrne for Outlaw “Discrimination” in State Education, Public Employment and License Settings, “Based on a Personal Property for the Person,” Signed by Government Mike Braun on May 1.
Braun signed an executive order in January to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion in all government agencies and replace it with what he calls “Mei” profits, expertise and innovation.
According to this executive order, government offices cannot use state funds, property or resources to support DEI initiatives or demand job candidates to issue DEI statements.
