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Conference conferees agree to incorporate IHRA working definition of antisemitism into Promise Scholarship bill
Summary
A substitute for House Bill 2299 that declares antisemitism contrary to state public policy and adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition (with contemporary examples) was agreed to be moved into the Promise Scholarship bill (number 44) by conferees.
Members of the Committee on Education agreed to move a substitute for House Bill 2299 into the Promise Scholarship vehicle (bill number 44). The substitute declares antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against the public policy of the state for the purposes of public educational institutions and law enforcement agencies and provides a non‑legally binding definition drawn from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition, including contemporary examples as of May 2016.
Jason, committee advisor, summarized the substitute: it declares antisemitism against state public policy for educational and law enforcement purposes, adopts the IHRA working definition with contemporary examples, and specifies that nothing in the act is to be construed to diminish or infringe any rights protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution or the Bill of Rights of the State of Kansas.
Representative Vestas offered to move the substitute into Promise Scholarship bill number 44; Senate conferees agreed. Committee members recorded agreement on all conference bills and adjourned following the exchange.
