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NJ S4262

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Douglas Steinhardt

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Origin

Senate

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires public colleges and universities to adopt harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB) policies that include reporting procedures, prompt investigation processes, and disciplinary actions for antisemitic incidents including academic probation, suspension, and expulsion

  • Mandates that public institutions of higher education establish student conduct policies distinguishing lawful campus activism from prohibited acts such as property damage, encampments blocking access, violence, and affiliation with designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations like Hamas

  • Permits K-12 school districts to impose suspension and expulsion for first-offense antisemitic harassment, intimidation, or bullying incidents, rather than following the typical progressive discipline approach

  • Expands required Holocaust and genocide instruction in K-12 schools to include information on antisemitism and recent acts of terror and intimidation against the Jewish community

  • Requires school district employee and volunteer training on HIB policies to include specific instruction on identifying and addressing antisemitic incidents

Legislative Description

Establishes "The CAMPUS Act: Combating Antisemitism to Mitigate Prejudice in Universities and Schools"; addresses instruction on antisemitism and antisemitic harassment, intimidation, and bullying in public schools.

Education

Last Action

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

3/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Education3/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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