The following is the public policy of the state:

1. (1) To provide:

   1. (A) equal;
   2. (B) nonsegregated; and

   3. (C) nondiscriminatory;

      educational opportunities and facilities for all, regardless of race, creed, national origin, color, or sex.

2. (2) To provide and furnish state educational institutions open equally to all, and prohibited and denied to none because of race, creed, color, or national origin.

3. (3) To reaffirm the principles of:

   1. (A) the Bill of Rights;
   2. (B) civil rights; and
   3. (C) the Constitution of the State of Indiana.
4. (4) To provide a uniform democratic system of public education to the state and the citizens of Indiana.

5. (5) To:

   1. (A) abolish;
   2. (B) eliminate; and

   3. (C) prohibit;

      segregated and separate departments or divisions of a state educational institution on the basis of race, creed, or color.

6. (6) To eliminate and prohibit:

   1. (A) segregation;
   2. (B) separation; and

   3. (C) discrimination;

      on the basis of race, color, or creed in state educational institutions.

      [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-33-1-1.]

As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.281.