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Bill would require Texas schools to consider IHRA working definition when adjudicating antisemitic misconduct
Summary
A proposed law would direct Texas public schools and colleges to consult the IHRA working definition of antisemitism when a code‑of‑conduct violation might be motivated by bias, proponents said, and opponents warned the definition could be applied too broadly to political speech.
A bill before the Senate Education Committee would require Texas public schools and higher education institutions to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism when a school has already determined that a student violated its code of conduct and there is reason to believe the conduct may have been motivated by antisemitism.
Sandra Hagee Parker, vice chair of the Texas Holocaust Genocide and Antisemitism Advisory Commission, testified in favor of Senate Bill 3 26. Parker said the IHRA definition offers examples that help schools identify conduct that crosses…
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