John Barker voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Prohibits Discrimination Against Religious Student Associations
Signed by Governor Sam Brownback
Title: Prohibits Discrimination Against Religious Student Associations
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits institutions of higher education from discriminating against religious student associations, effective July 1, 2016.
Prohibits postsecondary institutions from taking any action or enforcing any policy that would deny a religious student association any benefit available to any other student association (Sec. 2).
Prohibits postsecondary institutions from discriminating against a religious student organization based on the organization’s requirement that leaders or members of the organization do any of the following (Sec. 2):
Adhere to or comply with the organization’s religious beliefs or standards of conduct; or;
Be committed to furthering the organization’s religious beliefs, missions, observance requirements, standards of conduct, or religion on which the organization is based.
Authorizes students and organizations to bring a cause of action against a postsecondary educational institution or assert a violation as a counterclaim in proceedings brought against them (Sec. 3).
Title: Prohibits Discrimination Against Religious Student Associations
Title: Prohibits Discrimination Against Religious Student Associations