A bill is moving prohibiting public schools from adopting so-called "all comers policies" like that at Vanderbilt, but Brian Kelsey thought he'd go a little further: [2]
But Senator Brian Kelsey of Memphis attempted to put private universities under the same state-imposed rule.
“Vanderbilt has adopted an absurd policy, to say that the Muslim student organization must accept Jews who profess no faith in the Muslim … faith, is nonsensical to me.”
Kelsey ultimately withdrew his proposal. A spokesman for private universities called it intrusive. Senators were also reminded that lottery scholarships go to the student, not the school.