Peoria Unified School District governing board approved its policy titled, “No Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives,” at its Nov. 13 public meeting.

The hot button topic has received opposition from some and a variety of edits after its first reading.

The board vote heated up when governing board member Janelle Bowles made a motion to approve the policy and governing board member Melissa Ewing requested additional comment but was refused.

Ewing was the lone dissenter from an otherwise unanimous board.

The president and the courts have yet to decide on a proper definition of DEI, Ewing said.

“My initial request was that we don’t need this policy at all,” Ewing said. “But if this board is going to go forward with a policy such as this, we need to make sure that our languag

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