A pair of New York lawmakers introduced a bill on Friday to impose a third-party antisemitism monitor at universities and colleges following the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University that created a “hostile” environment for Jewish students.
Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and Mike Lawler (R-NY) are sponsoring the College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability, or COLUMBIA, Act that would impose third-party antisemitism monitors at collegiate institutions that receive federal funding. The monitor and its terms and conditions would be imposed by the education secretary, and the expenses to pay for the monitor would fall on the college or university selected.
Failure to comply with the monitorship would result in the loss of federal funds, according to a press release from Torres’s office.
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