Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik voted to pass the End Woke Higher Education Act, legislation to uphold Americans’ constitutional rights and restore viewpoint diversity throughout postsecondary education, which included her bill the Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act.
“An important bill I led, the Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act, passed today within the End Woke Higher Education Act to ensure essential protections for single-sex organizations on college campuses and to protect students who join them from discrimination. My legislation will allow students to continue to flourish in these unique environments and build supportive communities that aid in their development into young adults,” said Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.
The Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act will preserve student choice, provide equal treatment for all student organizations, and protect single-sex spaces on and off campus.
Single-sex organizations have been singled out for unequal treatment compared to the rules imposed on other student groups and sports teams on college campuses including at Stefanik’s alma mater Harvard University. These rules include trying to force organizations to become co-ed against their will, take inappropriate control of organizations' membership selection processes, and impose collective sanctions on thousands of students in a larger organization’s community to punish the conduct of a few students.
