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Utah anti-DEI law doesn’t require cultural centers to close. But higher ed. commissioner says it’ll be inevitable.

Commissioner Geoff Landward said he worries conservative state lawmakers will eventually require that step, even though it’s not currently part of the state’s anti-DEI law.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students and community leaders gather at the University of Utah for an event put on by the Division of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. The U. is shutting down the equity division, along with other cultural centers, on July 1, 2024 to abide by the state's anti-DEI law. But the commissioner for higher education says schools have a choice what to close — for the time being.