Ind. Code § 21-39.5-3-1

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 21-39.5-3-1 - Institution admission, enrollment, or employment; statement of personal support or allegiance prohibited
(a) This section applies to the following:
(1) An applicant for admission, enrollment, or employment at an institution.
(2) An employee of the institution.
(3) A person with whom the institution contracts to teach a student of the institution.
(b) An institution may not require an applicant, an employee, or a person described in subsection (a) to pledge allegiance to or make a statement of personal support for any:
(1) policy or action that would treat similarly situated people or groups of people differently based on the race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or religion; or
(2) political or ideological movement.
(c) If an institution receives a pledge or statement described in subsection (b), including any statement regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion, or related topics, the institution may not award:
(1) admission, enrollment, or employment;
(2) benefits;
(3) hiring, reappointment, or promotion; or
(4) granting tenure;

to an applicant, an employee, or a person described in subsection (a) on the basis of the viewpoints expressed in the pledge or statement.

IC 21-39.5-3-1

Added by P.L. 113-2024,SEC. 11, eff. 7/1/2024.