Prohibited use of funds by the Secretary of Education

Section 8527 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7907) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Prohibition; Rules of Construction (1) Prohibition None of the funds provided to the Secretary of Education under this Act may be used by the Secretary, including through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to— (A) maintain an Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, an Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, an Office of Diversity and Inclusion, a Diversity Office or a substantially similar office; (B) maintain or employ a Chief Diversity Officer or substantially similar officer; (C) develop, implement, distribute, publish, or purchase a training course or substantially similar course relating to any of the following— (i) diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA); (ii) diversity, equity, and inclusion; (iii) diversity and inclusion; (iv) diversity; (v) critical theory (race, gender, or otherwise); (vi) intersectionality; or (vii) sexual orientation or gender identity; or (D) develop, implement, distribute, publish, or purchase a training course or substantially similar course that asserts or requires trainees to assert that a particular race, color ethnicity, religion, biological sex, or national origin is inherently or systemically superior, inferior, oppressive or oppressed, privileged or unprivileged. (2) Rules of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to— (A) prohibit the maintenance and funding of Equal Employment Opportunity offices or officers, as historically organized and operated; (B) prohibit the maintenance and funding of offices enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or similar programs or offices, as historically organized and operated; or (C) impact the use of non-Federal funds by a contractor of the Department of Education or by a grant recipient of funds from the Secretary of Education..