Biden Admin Looks To Repeal Trump-Era Religious Protection for Students

Biden’s administration is planning to remove a Trump-era protection religious for university students. “unduly burdensome.”

The Department of Education Announcement Tuesday, the government announced that it will revoke the 2019 executive order’s religious freedom section. “Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities,” Which It is necessary Federal departments ensure that colleges receive federal grants “promote free inquiry” In accordance with the First Amendment

The Education Department can revoke the rule. This agency will instead delegate religious discrimination cases by universities to courts and threaten to withhold grants from institutions of higher education.

The executive order “caused confusion about schools’ nondiscrimination requirements” It is “unduly burdensome” Nassar Paidar, assistant secretary postsecondary education, spoke on behalf of the department. The department argued that the executive order was unnecessary because of existing First Amendment protections.

Proposed rule changes It occurs amid a spike Anti-Semitic incidents at college campuses with Jewish students Suit filing Universities that harbor anti-Jewish students and faculty members are strongly discouraged

Example: A George Washington University professor engaged in anti-Semitic rhetoric repeatedly in a mandatory diversity class. Washington Free Beacon reported In January. The Education Department received a Title VI complaint from Jewish students who were in the instructor’s class. She had invited an anti-Israel speaker, who encouraged violence against Israelis. According to the complaint, the professor responded to the Jewish students by threatening to smear their reputations to other faculty members.

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