{"id":1593,"date":"2023-11-15T18:59:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T18:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/compliance\/?page_id=1593"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:58:18","slug":"sb17-compliance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/compliance\/sb17-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"SB17 Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"0-what-is-sb17\">What is SB17?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 88th Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 17 (S.B. 17) during its regular session to prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion offices and initiatives at public universities, effective Jan. 1, 2024. On Aug. 16, The Texas A&amp;M University System&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/policies.tamus.edu\/08-01.pdf\"><strong>approved revisions<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;to System Policy 08.01, which provides the framework for System members\u2019 implementation of the requirements of S.B. 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-governance-and-guidance-documents\">Governance and Guidance Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.tamus.edu\/08-01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A&amp;M System Policy 08.01, Civil Rights Protections and Compliance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/compliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/03\/DEI-Law-Operations-Manual.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/compliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/03\/DEI-Law-Operations-Manual.pdf\">D.E.I. Compliance Operational Manual <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/compliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/07\/Tarleton-DEI-Compliance-Operational-Manual-071224.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/compliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/07\/Tarleton-DEI-Compliance-Operational-Manual-071224.pdf\">Tarleton State DEI Compliance Operational Manual<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/compliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/10\/2025-DEI-Search-Terms.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/compliance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/10\/2025-DEI-Search-Terms.pdf\">D.E.I. Compliance Review Search Terms<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/seco\/civil_rights_compliance\/dei_compliance\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/seco\/civil_rights_compliance\/dei_compliance\/\">A&amp;M System Compliance with Texas DEI Law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-governance-and-guidance-documents\">Questions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For SB 17 or other regulatory matters can be submitted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/tarleton.kualihub.com\/build\/space\/favorites\/my\/drafts\/68d40e2495d73a9faddc5c48\/view\">Regulatory Compliance Project Request Review Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-button alignfull is-style-squared\"><a class=\"wp-block-advgb-button_link advgbbtn-bf34c749-815e-45e9-9cec-fab2456bf888\" href=\"https:\/\/tarleton.kualihub.com\/app\/67cedfa7ad2b23027f1d0c42\/run\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Regulatory Compliance Project Request Review Form<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<style class=\"advgb-styles-renderer\">.advgbbtn-bf34c749-815e-45e9-9cec-fab2456bf888{font-size:18px;color:#fff !important;background-color:#4f2d7f !important;margin:0px 0px 0px 0px !important;padding:10px 30px 10px 30px;border-width:1px !important;border-style:none;border-radius:50px !important;}.advgbbtn-bf34c749-815e-45e9-9cec-fab2456bf888:hover{box-shadow:1px 1px 12px 0px #ccc;opacity:1;transition:all 0.2s ease;}.advgbbtn-bf34c749-815e-45e9-9cec-fab2456bf888 > i {font-size:30px;color:inherit;float:left;margin-right:7px;}<\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is SB17? 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