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119-hr-6186119th CongressWALLET

No Antisemitism in Education Act

Sponsored By: Representative Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would require public elementary schools, secondary schools, and colleges that receive federal funds to treat antisemitic discrimination the same as race-based discrimination. It would define antisemitism with specific examples and include an explicit exception saying criticism of Israel is allowed like criticism of any other country while protecting First Amendment rights.

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  • Jewish students and their families would get the same school responses and remedies for harassment or exclusion motivated by antisemitism that schools use for race-based incidents.
  • School employees targeted because of antisemitism would trigger the same investigation and discipline procedures schools apply to race-motivated conduct.
  • All covered institutions that receive federal funds would have to apply their race-discrimination policies to antisemitism, using the Elementary and Secondary Education Act definitions to determine which schools are included.
  • The bill explicitly preserves First Amendment protections and states that criticizing Israel is treated like criticism of any other country, not automatically antisemitic.

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Protect students and staff from antisemitism

If enacted, this bill would define "antisemitism" for federal civil-rights rules. Schools and colleges that get Federal funds would have to treat antisemitic discrimination the same as race-based discrimination. It lists examples such as calls to harm Jews, dehumanizing language, conspiracy claims, and dual-loyalty accusations. The bill also lists Holocaust denial and using classic antisemitic imagery or applying double standards about Israel as examples. It says ordinary criticism of Israel like criticism of any other country is not antisemitism. It would not be read to weaken First Amendment rights or override State anti-discrimination laws. The rule would start upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]

FL • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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