The Center for Equal Opportunity has drafted both federal and state legislation that would, respectively, require federally-funded universities and state-run institutions to reveal whether and how they grant admission preferences on the basis of race and ethnicity. The federal bill has been shared with Senate education committee staff, and the state legislation has been submitted to the American Legislative Exchange Council, an association of state legislators.

“It is hard to see how anyone could object to either of these bills,” said CEO president Linda Chavez. “Even those who support the use of racial and ethnic admission preferences cannot argue that such discrimination ought to take place in secret. Taxpayers have the right to know whether government and government-supported institutions are engaging in racial and ethnic discrimination and, if so, whether they are following the rules the Supreme Court has laid out limiting such discrimination.”