Bill Text: IL HR0294 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Encourages the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to utilize the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of anti-Semitism as a basis for recommending policies and actions to stop anti-Semitism at the University of Illinois. Encourages the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to make regular reports to the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois General Assembly on the steps being taken prevent anti-Semitism on their campuses.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-18 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR0294 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HR0294-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are
deeply concerned about the rise of anti-Semitism throughout
the United States and in the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Anti-Semitism is the centuries-old bigotry faced
by Jewish people simply because they are Jews; and
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are
deeply concerned by the growing number of incidents of
anti-Semitism at the University of Illinois that led to a
federal complaint with the Office of Civil Rights at the U.S.
Department of Education; and
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives stand in solidarity with Jewish students at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and all Jewish
students who encounter incidents of anti-Semitism; and
WHEREAS, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
needs to take immediate action to protect Jewish students at
the university and stop the scourge of anti-Semitism at our
state's flagship public university; and
WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of State, states, and local

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governments across the United States have adopted the
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working
definition of anti-Semitism to use as a resource in combatting
the scourge of anti-Semitism at home and abroad; and
WHEREAS, The Governor of Illinois, as an ex-officio member
of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, needs
to take immediate action to press the university to protect
students from anti-Semitism; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we encourage the University of Illinois Board of Trustees to
utilize the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
working definition of anti-Semitism as a basis for
recommending policies and actions to stop anti-Semitism at the
University of Illinois; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the University of
Illinois is encouraged to report to the Board of Higher
Education and the Illinois General Assembly by August 1, 2021
and every 180 days thereafter on steps being taken by the
university to implement such policies, including mandating
training to counter anti-Semitism among administrators and
faculty, mandating anti-Semitism awareness for new students,
and enforcing a student code of conduct that prohibits

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intimidation and disruption of Jewish students and
organizations on campus; and be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
delivered to each member of the University of Illinois Board
of Trustees.