Colorado school district settles with ADL, agrees to policy reforms to address Jew-hatred

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced a settlement with the Boulder Valley School District following a federal civil rights complaint filed in June. The complaint alleged the district failed to adequately address repeated antisemitic bullying and harassment of a Jewish student. Under the agreement, the district will clarify its discrimination policies to include "basis of national origin and shared ancestry," post antisemitism resources online, and adopt the initial part of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of Jew-hatred. Additionally, the district will hire an executive director and compliance officer for Title VI, enhance its bias incident reporting system, provide antisemitism training to all students and staff, and form a superintendent advisory group. James Pasch of the ADL stated, "The pain of the last several years of targeted antisemitic harassment will now give way to meaningful, district-wide changes."