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Department of Education official explains why colleges haven’t lost federal funding over antisemitic activity
Some lawmakers have honed in on threats to colleges and universities’ federal funding, but pulling funding requires a yearslong litigation process under current federal statute
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Catherine Lhamon, nominee to be assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education, testifies during a Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, July 13, 2021.
Catherine Lhamon, the assistant secretary of education for civil rights, told lawmakers on Friday that existing federal law and procedures make it unlikely that any schools will lose their federal funding over antisemitic activity on their college campuses in...