The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly was scheduled to pass a bill today that would ban UW officials from considering race and diversity when awarding state-funded financial aid, the Associated Press reports.
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is expected to veto the measure. He’s also expected to veto another bill up for passage today in the Assembly that would withhold state grants from schools that repeatedly violate free speech rights on campus.
The proposal barring the consideration of race and diversity when awarding financial aid comes months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that universities cannot consider race in the admissions process.
The Assembly was also slated to pass a bill that would guarantee admission to UW–Madison for any high school graduate ranked in the top 5% of their class. Anyone ranked in the top 10% would be guaranteed admission to any UW system school, except the flagship campus in Madison.
All three of the bills would have to pass the Senate before going to Evers for his likely vetoes.
