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Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-7-181

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) If a state governmental entity or an institution of higher education receives a complaint from a person who alleges that antisemitism has occurred on the premises of an institution of higher education, or through electronic outreach from an institution of higher education, then the respective state governmental entity or institution of higher education shall take into consideration the working definition of antisemitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) on May 26, 2016, including the “contemporary examples of antisemitism,” in determining whether the alleged act was motivated by antisemitic intent.

(b)(1) This section does not diminish or infringe upon rights protected under Article I, § 3 of the Constitution of Tennessee or the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

(2) This section shall not be construed to conflict with other federal or state discrimination laws.

(3) This section does not alter the evidentiary requirements pursuant to which a state governmental entity or an institution of higher education determines that conduct, including harassment, amounts to actionable discrimination.

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