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Exclusive | GOP Rep. Young Kim unveils ‘Stop DEI’ bill as California Dems push affirmative action reboot

Nypost · · 733 words · By Benjamin Brown
Affirmative Action Debate Education Funding and Discrimination
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“Congresswoman Young Kim is pushing a bill that would prevent schools from receiving federal funds if the institution discriminates based on race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin in student aid decisions.”
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Multiple web search results report that Congresswoman Young Kim is pushing a bill described as 'Stop DEI' that aims to prevent schools from receiving federal funds if they discriminate based on race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin in student aid decisions.
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web search NEUTRAL — Young Oak Kim[a] (née Choe (최;崔); Korean: 김영옥; Hanja: 金映玉; born October 18, 1962) [1] is a South Korean -born American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for California's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Kim
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web search NEUTRAL — Congresswoman Young Kim is pushing a bill that would prevent schools from receiving federal funds if the institution discriminates based on race, sex, ethnicity, color, or national origin in ...
https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/us-news/gop-rep-young-kim-unve…
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web search NEUTRAL — By backing Donald Trump, Kim is embracing his far-right agenda Young Kim and Donald Trump's Project 2025 is an extreme manifesto that would have far-reaching consequences for California schools, stude…
https://dccc.org/young-kim-and-donald-trumps-project-2025-wi…
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“The Stop DEI Act, which Kim plans to introduce Wednesday, is in direct response to ACA 7 — which if passed by voters, would amend the state’s constitution to allow for race-based and sex-based preferences in most public education programs.”
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Multiple web search results state that the 'Stop DEI Act' is in direct response to ACA 7, and that if voters approve this section, it would amend the state constitution to enable race- and gender-based preferences in most public education programs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From October 1 to November 12, 2025, the federal government of the United States was shut down as Congress failed to pass appropriations legislation for the 2026 fiscal year. The Republican-controlled…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article encompasses the domestic policy of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Prospective policies for Trump's second presidency were proposed in Agenda 47, a collection of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The political positions and rhetoric of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th President of the United States, have frequently been described as nationalist and right-wing populist (referred to as Trumpism).…
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“In 1996 voters approved a measure that amended the state’s constitution to prohibit discrimination “against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex color, ethnicity, or national originality in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.””
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Multiple web search results cite Proposition 209, which was approved by voters in 1996, and which amended the state constitution to prohibit discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, or public contracting.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — IN, In or in may refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to ⁠1/36⁠ yard or ⁠1/12⁠ of a foot. Derived from the Roman un…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Malcolm in the Middle is an American television sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 9, 2000, and ended on May 14, 2006, after seven seaso…
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“ACA 7 — which passed the State Assembly but still needs to pass in the State Senate before making it on the November ballot — would scale back those protections significantly when it comes to public education.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that ACA 7 relates to provisions enacted by Proposition 209 (adopted by voters in 1996), and that the text discusses government preferences and the prohibition on discrimination.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Proposition 16 was a failed California ballot proposition that appeared on the November 3, 2020, general election ballot, asking California voters to amend the Constitution of California to repeal Pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_16
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The California State Legislature is the bicameral state legislature of the U.S. state of California, consisting of the California State Assembly (lower house with 80 members) and the California State …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable sub-national officials that endorsed the Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign.
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“Banning discrimination and preferential treatment based on sex or race would continue to apply to public employment and public contracting.”
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Multiple web search results cite the language of Proposition 209 (1996) which prohibits discrimination and preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, and public contracting.
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web search NEUTRAL — (a) The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public emp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_California_Proposition_20…
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web search NEUTRAL — Proposal This measure would eliminate state and local government affirmative action programs in the areas of public employment, public education, and public contracting to the extent these programs in…
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/1996/prop209_11_1996.html
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web search NEUTRAL — On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order ("Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity") to eliminate race- and sex-based "affirmative action" requ…
https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2025/2025-01-23-new-exec…
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“Discrimination will be permitted under the state constitution in K-12. It would be permitted throughout higher education with the exception of admissions and enrollment.”
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The evidence provided for this claim is highly generalized and draws from disparate sources (Title VI, general civil rights law, K-12 definition) without a single source explicitly detailing the proposed carve-out structure (K-12 permitted, higher ed except admissions/enrollment). The sources confirm general protections but not this specific proposed carve-out structure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald K. Tarlton CM (12 May 1943 – 13 April 2026) was a Canadian record producer and promoter. He promoted many concerts and Canadian musicians under the name Donald K. Donald.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — K (minuscule: k) is the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is kay (…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — K–12 (from kindergarten to twelfth grade) is an English language expression that indicates the range of years of publicly supported primary and secondary education found in the United States and Canad…
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“Jacobson said the carve out of admissions is an invalid attempt to circumvent the 2023 Supreme Court Ruling that barred race-conscious affirmative action in college enrollment.”
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The claim attributes specific legal commentary ('Jacobson said...') regarding the carve-out and the 2023 Supreme Court ruling. While the evidence confirms the existence of the *Jacobson v. Massachusetts* case and the *SFFA v. Harvard* ruling, the specific statement attributed to 'Jacobson' regarding circumventing the 2023 ruling is not directly corroborated by the provided search snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Kentucky Supreme Court election was held in the 5th district of the Kentucky Supreme Court on November 5, 2024. The court consists of seven justices elected in nonpartisan elections to stagge…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the authority of states to enforce compulsory vaccination laws. The Court's decision art…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
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“The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Harvard and University of North Carolina cases was in the context of admissions and enrollment, but the legal principles there, the equal protection legal principles of the Supreme Court ruling apply everywhere,” he said. “They don’t just apply to enrollment and admissions.””
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Multiple web search results confirm the context of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling (Harvard/UNC) dealing with admissions/enrollment, and the subsequent discussion implies that the legal principles are broader than just those specific areas.
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web search NEUTRAL — Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023), is a landmark decision [1][2][3][4] of the United States Supreme Court ruling that race-based affirmative action programs in most [b] coll…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v…
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web search NEUTRAL — Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard: Supreme Court holds that the race-based admissions programs of two colleges violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amen…
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/600/20-1199/
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web search NEUTRAL — On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision upending precedent permitting limited use of race in higher education admissions. In an opinion deciding a pair of cases, Students for Fair A…
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB10893
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“Voters rejected an attempt from California state lawmakers in 2020 to restore affirmative action with Prop 16, that would have allowed gender or ethnicity to be considered in public education, public employment and public contracting.”
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“The Post reached out to Democratic Assemblymember Corey Jackson who authored the legislation for comment, but have not heard back.”
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