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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Carli Schiffner <cschiffner@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 26, 2020 5:43:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> INSTCOMM@LISTSERV.CENTRALIA.EDU <INSTCOMM@LISTSERV.CENTRALIA.EDU><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Education <Education@sbctc.edu>; Ana Ybarra <aybarra@sbctc.edu>; Bill Moore <bmoore@sbctc.edu>; Darby Kaikkonen <dkaikkonen@sbctc.edu>; Jamilyn Penn <jpenn@sbctc.edu>; Joe Holliday <jholliday@sbctc.edu>; Jon Kerr <jkerr@sbctc.edu>; Karl Ludeman <kludeman@sbctc.edu>;
Kristi Wellington Baker <kwellingtonbaker@sbctc.edu>; Mark Jenkins <mjenkins@sbctc.edu>; Scott Copeland <scopeland@sbctc.edu>; William Durden <wdurden@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Executive Order on equity training</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jan Yoshiwara <jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 25, 2020 4:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> pres-c@lists.ctc.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> John Boesenberg <jboesenberg@sbctc.edu>; Carli Schiffner <cschiffner@sbctc.edu>; Grant Rodeheaver <grodeheaver@sbctc.edu>; Laura McDowell <lmcdowell@sbctc.edu>; Arlen Harris <aharris@sbctc.edu>; Ha Nguyen <hnguyen@sbctc.edu>; Julie Walter <jwalter@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Executive Order on equity training</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">This message will be distributed broadly to president and commission lists.</span></i></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">President Trump signed an Executive Order on September 22, 2020 prohibiting federal contractors or the use of grant funds to “promote race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating.”
A copy of the Executive Order can be viewed at </span><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-race-sex-stereotyping/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-race-sex-stereotyping/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.
As a result of this action, a number of questions have come to the State Board. This message is an attempt to respond.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Executive Order impacts the federal workforce and Uniform Services, federal contractors and recipients of federal grant funds. Although the requirements are
similar, the impact to federal contractors and federal grant recipients are different. Because our understanding is that our colleges are not federal contractors, the focus of this message is on the restrictions in the use of federal grant funds. If this
is not correct and your college has a contract with the federal government, please let us know.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Federal grants support a number of our system’s initiatives, programs and operations. Examples of Federal grants include WIOA, TRIO, BFET and Perkins Funds and, most
recently, CARES Act and GEER funds. The Executive Order prohibits grant recipients from using grant funds to pay for training that “promotes the concepts” that:</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; background:white">(a) one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex;
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; background:white">(b) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously
or unconsciously; </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; background:white">(c) an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race
or sex; </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; background:white">(d) members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex;
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; background:white">(e) an individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex;
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; background:white">(f) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other
members of the same race or sex; </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; background:white">(g) any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his
or her race or sex; or </span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif; background:white">(h) meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a particular race to oppress
another race.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">It requires the heads of federal agencies to review their grant programs to identify programs and grant recipients to certify, as a condition of receiving such grant,
that it will not use federal funds to promote the above listed concepts.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">While the Executive Order is in effect, consistent with the above listed requirements, we advise colleges to not use their federal grant funds to provide DEI training
that includes the prohibited elements. This includes paying for training, training providers and employee salaries while participating in training that includes any of the prohibited elements. It also applies to students in programs funded by federal grant
funds. Other funds, including state funds, can be used to provide and pay for participation in DEI training without regard to the above listed limitations. (Federal contractors are not allowed to use any funds to pay for programs that include any of the “divisive
concepts.” As noted earlier, it is the State Board’s understanding that there are no federal contracts within the CTC system.)</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Under the heading “Miscellaneous,” the Executive Order:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Encourages the federal Attorney General to assess “the extent to which the divisive concepts” listed above may contribute to a hostile work environment
and give rise to potential liability under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">States that the language should not be construed to prohibit academic instruction on the “divisive concepts,” in an objective manner and without endorsement.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">I hope this information provides some clarification. Please let me or John Boesenberg know if you have questions.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Jan</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">• o: 360-704-4355</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif"></span></p>
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