Stronger Campus Protection: Penalties for Antisemitic Harassment and Discrimination.
This bill strengthens legal protections for students by explicitly adding religion as a protected class under federal anti-discrimination laws for programs receiving federal funds. It introduces severe financial penalties for colleges and universities that repeatedly fail to address antisemitic discrimination, potentially leading to fines up to 33% of program funding. The law clarifies that institutional indifference to severe harassment counts as discrimination.
Key points
Federal law now explicitly prohibits discrimination based on religion in federally funded programs, including higher education.
Universities face major fines (up to 33% of program funding) for a second or third violation of antisemitic discrimination within a five-year period.
The definition of discrimination is expanded to include a university's "deliberate indifference" to severe harassment that denies a student equal access to education.
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