This bill would change the Higher Education Act so that colleges and universities that take part in Title IV federal student aid programs must include a prohibition of antisemitic conduct in every document or resource about student or employee conduct. The bill requires schools to include a definition of antisemitism that says it is a perception of Jews that may be expressed as hatred. The definition also says antisemitic words or actions can be directed at Jewish or non-Jewish people (including their property) and at Jewish community institutions and religious facilities. The bill says the documents must state that antisemitic conduct is prohibited on campus and that a student who engages in such conduct may be expelled and an employee may be terminated.
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The bill is framed to require a clear definition of antisemitism and an explicit prohibition of antisemitic conduct in campus conduct materials. Proponents would point to this requirement as a way to protect Jewish students, faculty, community institutions, and religious facilities by making the prohibition and consequences explicit.
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