Back in January 2026 and September 2025, you may recall that I published multiple articles on The Hayride about the Louisiana Board of Regents and its anti-White and anti-Asian performance objective within the FY25-26 executive budget:

Soon after Reed’s appointment as Commissioner of Louisiana Higher Education in 2018, the Board of Regents and nearly all state universities adopted a policy objective in the Higher Education Executive Budget that openly prioritizes non-White and non-Asian students.  This discriminatory objective first appeared in the FY21-22 budget (pg. 16) and has been listed every year since, including the FY25-26 budget (pg. 12).

As I mentioned near the end of my previous article in January, Objective 6711-09 in the Louisiana Board of Regents budget appears to come into conflict with Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (CRA) because of the objective’s singling out of White and Asian students in Louisiana higher education. Per Title VI of the CRA, “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

Considering that the Louisiana Board of Regents coordinates federal funding for Louisiana’s higher education institutions, the Board certainly falls within the purview of Title VI. Therefore, any violation of federal law could jeopardize our state’s ability to obtain key funding for higher education.

But three weeks ago, the US Department of Education released a bombshell press release that seems to have answered our concerns about the Louisiana Board of Regents—led by Commissioner and DEI proponent Kim Hunter Reed:

Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) initiated a directed investigation into the Louisiana Board of Regents (the Board) to determine whether its Master Plan for Higher Education violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) by authorizing racially-exclusionary practices and initiatives.

According to public records, since Fiscal Year (FY) 2021–2022 and again in FY 2025–2026, the Board’s executive budgets have included performance objectives requiring schools to prioritize students of “all races other than white [and] Asian.” Specifically, the Board’s stated goal is to “increase the unduplicated number of underrepresented minorities (all races other than white, Asian)” earning a degree or credential “in a given academic year.” The current objective sets a target to raise matriculation and graduation of “all races other than white, Asian” from a baseline of 14,579 in 2020–21 to 16,000 in Academic Year 2025–26.

‘The Louisiana Board of Regents’ objective to prioritize recruitment and graduation efforts for ‘all races other than white [and] Asian’ appears to blatantly violate not only America’s antidiscrimination laws, but our nation’s core principles. Title VI guarantees all students equal access to educational programs and opportunities regardless of race and OCR is committed to preserving these rights,’ said Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey. “OCR will fully enforce Title VI to ensure our education programs are defined by equality, not exclusion.

Additionally, Secretary Linda McMahon of the US Department of Education reiterated on social media that her Department is committed to investigating any potential anti-White and anti-Asian discrimination in Louisiana’s higher education system.

Following the initial announcement, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry commented on the investigation by issuing a letter last week to the US Department of Education. In his letter, Governor Landry requested that the Department of Education to expand its investigation to ALL higher education institutions in Louisiana.

The US Department of Education’s investigation into the Louisiana Board of Regent may become a key catalyst in overturning the far-left’s tight control over Louisiana’s higher education system. At the very least, this investigation is a necessary step in promoting transparency in Louisiana’s higher education system, which has been long overdue.