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Home » Quorum Call » Assembly Republicans approve bill to eliminate race-based higher ed programs
The Assembly Tuesday passed 62-35 along party lines a bill to eliminate race-based higher education programs as Dems argued the bill is unnecessary and discriminatory. Republicans, meanwhile, praised the bill, which would focus those programs on students deemed disadvantaged. GOP state Rep. Dave Murphy, Chair of the Colleges and Universities Committee, quoted Dr. Martin Luther King saying he hoped...