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A legal firm and an activist group are pressing the Board of Directors of the Athletics Association of the Secondary School of Indiana (IHSAA), urging to get rid of two Dei quotas for the members of the Board.
The current criteria for the members of the Board include a requirement for two female members and two members who are racial minorities.
“The Board of Directors will be composed of nineteen Board seats. Twelve seats of the Board will be occupied by any qualified individual (open seats), and seven seats of the Board will be occupied by two (2) qualified female representatives, two (2) qualified minorities,” says the policy.
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Now, the law firm, Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) and the activist group, Protection Equal Project (EPP), have sent a letter to the Board of Directors of IHSAA, objecting this criterion and demanding a change.
“No one should be denied the opportunity to serve in a public board due to their race or sex. Our Constitution and Civil Rights Law demand that persons be judged by their character, qualifications and achievements, not on the characteristics that they cannot control. IHSAA has the constitutional duty to treat all the nominees of the Board of Directors also under the law,” part of the letter read.
“The quotas based on race and sex such as those used by IHSAA perpetuate stereotypes, sponsor the qualified and undermine the ability of other qualified citizens to serve their communities. We strongly urge this Board to reconsider their use of these unconstitutional quotas.”
The lawyer of the Pacific Legal Foundation, Laura D’Agostino, condemned the criteria of the IHSAa.
“Public boards must reflect the talent and commitment of all citizens, not the arbitrary categories of race or sex. Each individual who wants to step forward and serve their community must be encouraged to do so based on what they bring to the table, not retained by who they are,” said D’Agostino to Pak Gazette Digital.
PLF and EPP finished the letter when providing a deadline of May 30 for the IHSAA to respond with an agreement to eliminate those two requirements for its board of directors.
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The founder of EPP, William A. Jacobson, suggested that more legal measures could be taken if the deadline passes without agreement.
“We hope that IHSAA does the right thing and voluntarily remedy the discriminatory provisions of the statutes, but if not, all legal options are on the table,” Jacobson told Pak Gazette Digital.
Pak Gazette Digital has communicated with the IHSAA to comment.
The recent executive orders of President Donald Trump have directed Dei both in public institutions and in the private sector, and many states have approved their own laws to prohibit Dei fees in the organizations financed by taxpayers.
Trump’s Day one The executive order, with which the GSA is aligning its actions, directed the federal hiring process that “is simplified to improve speed and efficiency, reduce costs and require federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with our civil rights laws.”
The Order also ordered the Federal Contract Office to “immediately cease” to promote “diversity” and any breath to federal contractors and subcontractors to participate in affirmative action efforts to consider race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion or national origin when making hiring decisions.
Meanwhile, in Indiana, a state bill created by the republican sensor Tyler Johnson and Gary Byrne to prohibit “discrimination” in state education, public employment and license environments that “are based on a personal characteristic of the person”, was signed by Governor Mike Braun on May 1.
Braun signed an executive order in January to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion in all state agencies and replace it with what he calls “mei”: merit, excellence and innovation.
According to this executive order, government offices cannot use state funds, properties or resources to support Dei initiatives or require that work candidates issue statements from DEI.
