Montana senator wants to block mandatory diversity training
Rep. Jeremy Trebas, R-Great Falls, takes notes during a meeting in the State Capitol in Helena, Mont., on Jan. 14, 2021. Trebas, a Republican, is sponsoring legislation to ban diversity training for state employees if it is aimed at having the employee believe that members of one class are responsible for and must feel guilty for historical injustices. The bill has passed the Montana Senate and was heard by a House committee on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP)
HELENA (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Montana wants to prohibit mandatory diversity training for state employees with a bill whose language matches a Florida law that is temporarily blocked by the courts.
The proposed "Montana Individual Freedom Act," would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion training as a condition of state employment if the training is aimed at having the employee believe that a group of people are responsible for "and must feel guilt, anguish, or other forms of psychological distress," for historical injustices...
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