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S 558 · in committee · significant

Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Department of Education to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism when investigating discrimination complaints.
  • Schools and educational programs that receive federal funding are affected by this discrimination investigation standard.
  • The bill provides statutory authority for existing enforcement practices with no new funding or implementation timeline specified.

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    How might adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism change which complaints schools investigate compared to their current standards?

  2. 02

    What trade-offs exist between using a single national definition versus allowing schools to develop their own antisemitism standards?

  3. 03

    How would schools determine whether certain speech or conduct meets the IHRA definition when investigating federal discrimination complaints?

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Tim Scott

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Introduced 2025-04-30

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-04-30 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.

  2. 2025-02-13 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S973-974)

  3. 2025-02-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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