Overview
- UCLA released the 27-page draft after faculty unions won a public records lawsuit, with a superior court order and the state Supreme Court’s rejection of UC’s appeal forcing disclosure.
- The proposal seeks to end DEI programs, bar gender-affirming care for minors, prohibit transgender women from women’s sports, strip prior athletic records and require apologies, tighten protest rules, and screen out prospective international students deemed likely to disrupt.
- Financial terms include a $1 billion payment plus a $170 million claims reserve, UCLA covering all compliance costs, and oversight by a resolution monitor and potential arbitration.
- A clause preserves the federal government’s ability to conduct future reviews, cut funding, or litigate after the agreement’s effective date, offering no protection against renewed defunding.
- A federal judge ordered nearly all suspended research grants restored, and UC now characterizes terminated funds as in the tens of millions, as UC leaders and California officials denounce the proposal and peer institutions reject similar compacts while UVA accepted a separate limits-focused settlement.