Biden Admin Want 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: It announced it would repeal the 2019 executive orders religious freedom section “Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities,” Which Requires Federal departments ensure that colleges receive federal grants “promote free inquiry” Consistent with the First Amendment

If the Education Department repeals the rule, the agency would delegate cases of religious disqualification by universities to the courts rather than threaten to withdraw grants from higher education institutions.

Executive order “caused confusion about schools’ nondiscrimination requirements” It is “unduly burdensome” Nassar Paydar was the assistant secretary for postsecondary educational. The department argued that the executive order was unnecessary because of existing First Amendment protections.

Proposed rule changes This is amid a spike In anti-Semitic incidents in college campuses, with Jewish Students Suit filing Universities that harbor anti-Jewish students and faculty members are strongly discouraged

For example, a professor at George Washington University engaged in antisemitic rhetoric during a mandatory diversity course. Washington Free Beacon reported In January. After the lecturer invited anti-Israel speakers, Jewish students filed a Title VI complaint to the Education Department. According to the complaint, after the students reached out to the administrator, the professor retaliated and smeared their reputations to other faculty members.

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