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Last evening in regular session the Simpson County School Board adopted the attached policy to prohibit “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion” practices in our schools. “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion” is a code name for Marxist indoctrination, cultural cleansing, revisionist history, reverse discrimination, and transgenderism and other perversions. Our new policy prohibits these practices in our schools. Those of you who have young ones in Simpson County Schools might want to make them aware of the new policy so they can be on guard for any violations.
The board actually adopted this policy in August of 2025 to comply with the anti-DEI statute enacted by the legislature in April of 2025. The ACLU challenged the state law in federal court and Judge Henry Wingate issued a temporary injunction prohibiting its enforcement while it was being challenged. The State School Board Association advised us that if we had already adopted the policy we could let it stand, but if we wanted to we could rescind it due to Judge Wingate’s injunction. I voted to leave the policy in place, but the other four members voted to rescind. On October 22 the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Judge Wingate to vacate his injunction, calling the injunction “sloppy and an embarrassment.” So our Board re-adopted the policy last evening. For those of you who were in attendance in last evening’s meeting, this was 6.4 on the agenda.
This action is long overdue and I am thankful the board finally passed this by a unanimous vote.
Those of you in other districts might want to check your local policy to be sure your district is in compliance with state law on “DEI.”
Thomas Ray Floyd, Simpson County District Three School Board Representative
601-862-3919
