UT disbands diversity office, eliminates four positions
May 23, 2016 at 9:59 a.m.
| Updated May 23, 2016 at 9:59 a.m.
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The Knoxville News Sentinel
The University of Tennessee has disbanded its Office for Diversity, including eliminating four staff positions and a $131,365 operating budget.
The $445,000 cut comes after Gov. Bill Haslam allowed a bill passed by the General Assembly that defunded the office to become law without his signature Friday.
The law, which reallocates the money to fund scholarships for minority students in engineering programs, is only in effect for one year.