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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri bill requires public schools and universities to treat antisemitic discrimination like racial discrimination
Last action · March 10, 2026: Voted Do Pass S Education CommitteeSponsor: Curtis Trent
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill requires all public K-12 schools, school districts, and public postsecondary institutions in Missouri to treat discrimination and harassment motivated by antisemitism in an identical manner to racial discrimination. Institutions must integrate the into their codes of conduct, establish reporting processes, and prohibit behaviors that create fear or intimidation. The measure also explicitly protects free speech by stating that standard criticism of Israel is not antisemitic and that First Amendment rights remain fully protected.
Public schools and universities across Missouri must update their codes of conduct and reporting mechanisms within strict compliance timelines or face state escalation to federal authorities.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public school students and employees
Students and staff are afforded identical protections against antisemitic discrimination as racial discrimination, and their institutions must update codes of conduct accordingly.
Postsecondary students, faculty, and staff
Public university and college attendees and employees are covered by mandatory antisemitism prohibitions and formal campus reporting channels.
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
The department must establish a formal reporting process, investigate K-12 complaints, notify non-compliant schools, refer unresolved cases to federal agencies, and publish an annual report.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
5 actions- Mar 10, 2026SenateCommitteeVoted Do Pass S Education Committee
- Mar 3, 2026SenateHearing Conducted S Education Committee
- Jan 15, 2026SenateFloorSecond Read and Referred S Education Committee
- Jan 7, 2026SenateIntroducedS First Read
- Dec 1, 2025SenatePrefiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. The text on record is the 5611S.01I - Introduced version. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Standardization of Antisemitism Oversight
The bill bridges K-12 and postsecondary systems under parallel compliance paths involving distinct state agencies while utilizing the same underlying federal Title VI framework.
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Sources
www.senate.mo.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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