Legislation zeros in on discrimation in education

ATLANTA — Students in Georgia schools and colleges who face certain types of discrimination could soon have a path for redress that need not involve the federal government.

Both the state House and Senate have passed a measure that would establish a Georgia-based process for investigating complaints of discrimination involving race, ethnicity, national origin or religion.

The version of Senate Bill 523 that passed the House unanimously Wednesday, March 18 had been stripped of language that would have required public schools to treat harassment or discrimination motivated by antisemitism the same as religious discrimination.