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Fast Forward UC Santa Barbara, where Jewish student president was accused of supporting ‘genocide,’ is subject of new Title VI investigation
A Baltimore-area school district is also the subject of a new investigation this week
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Fast Forward Department of Education reaches resolution with Utah school district over reports of antisemitism
The Title VI case in Park City Schools was prompted by a Jewish parent
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Special Report ‘Astonishing’ volume of investigations tests legal protections for Jewish students
The Department of Education has opened 48 cases tied to antisemitism at colleges and universities since Oct. 7, most related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Fast Forward Chicago school district, where students walked out to protest Israel-Hamas war, now faces federal Title VI investigation
The Department of Education also announced an inquiry into a Massachusetts public school district where local Jewish leaders alleged antisemitism
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Fast Forward A federal investigation at Harvard will probe whether pro-Palestinian students face harassment
Title VI investigations are also now underway at The New School, the University of Michigan, and the University of South Florida
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Breaking News Jewish Civil Rights Complaint Against Berkeley Tossed Out by Feds
The U.S. Department of Education dismissed a complaint against the University of California Berkeley that claimed anti-Israel protests on campus created a hostile environment for Jewish students, and that the university was legally obligated to curb them. The 2012 complaint, filed with the education department’s Office of Civil Rights by two recent graduates, alleged that…
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News Push To Expand Title VI to Religion
American Jewry’s umbrella organization for domestic issues has called on Congress to expand a key provision of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act to protect students from discrimination on the basis of religion. But the nascent effort has already raised the hackles of some Jewish officials who worry that this could open a can of…
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