Barr says he's seriously considering it now in the state Legislature, diversity, equity and inclusion or dei within higher education has become a focus of the state Legislature.

House Bill 4 was filed earlier this session and 6 to eliminate dei programs, policies and offices at all of Kentucky's public universities.

Similar legislation was introduced and Frankfort last year but failed to pass.

Katie's Emily Syst.

Pope spoke with northern Kentucky University students and to journalist to learn more about potential impacts of the bill.

>> A lot of the work that I'm passionate about doing is directly affected by this bill.

We're talking about the office African-American student initiative.

So Tito soon initiatives LGBTQ, I plus 2 Danish.

It is.

We're talking about people being affected in terms of being able to continue their academic scholarships like the diversity scholarship.

I'm personally on a scholarship that's helping me to continue my education.

>> This sponsored this bill in particular.

Jennifer Decker, a representative from Wadi in her statements about this Dekkers, said that the purpose of the bill was to eliminate discrimination across all demographics within higher Ed.

So that includes not only race, which is pretty much what we normally talk about in these conversations, but also religion, class and gender and a variety of people who are impacted by the eye personally, I would definitely agree.

I would definitely agree with a bill.

I believe that we should not have forced a first name.

>> I believe that having that, I would say that having the news programs in place.

To give special like opportunities and stuff to people just be based on race and things like that.

I believe that would be used sort of discriminatory it right.

Just basically saying, hey, you're this and you need extra care to kind of think that these programs are discriminatory thing just undermines the value that they really hold at the end of the day because these programs exist because historically >> we have not been late in the certain spaces.

Therefore, there was a need to create these spaces.

>> There are programs that honor and recognize culture.

But that is for all people to come to and to enjoy and also is not discriminatory at on being able to be recognized and who you are and not have your racial identity swept under the rug and why spaces is actually inclusive.

We do not specifically have like an office of Diversity, the Center for Inclusive Excellence and Global Engagement.

It's called Siege at UK you and they basically host and all of the groups on campus who might feel like they are not represented as well as >> people know.

PKU is a predominately white institution.

The minority is going to be people of color and seeds will host events for them, allow them to make clubs and gather so they would definitely be effective.

I feel like it would obviously pass because of the super majority that we have.

>> And the Kentucky.

Government.

I feel like it's it's more of like a statement saying that, you know, these policies are not working and they're not.

And they're just a waste of money.

Honestly, I believe that's what the representative we're trying to set an institution.

I can kill you.

We don't have the necessary to get the budget as the UK.

One thing where even likened WKU.

So we're already dealing with the fact that >> have limited resources to do so just being able to or cutting down the source of the more it is just adding fuel to the fire at this point.

>> I feel like if this bill passes, there will be a lot of silence when it comes to talking about things that people are going through or racial issues or even expressing their Kocher, I still like it will really limit the voices of a lot of students here.

>> Especially in case campus.

I don't think you could be perceived very well.

I do think it'll be a good thing in the long run.

How the campus operates and it carries itself at the national level.

We are >> Target on the I've especially from the Trump administration.

This is kind of a reflection of that moment.

I think that we're seeing at the national level here at the state level, but at the same level is minute conversation that's been happening since before Trump said attorney them again.

>> And I think Stanley Sisk for that report.

If the bill passes universities would have to abide by the new rules by June 30th of this year.

If an institution does not comply with the law, it could be sued by Kentucky's attorney general.