House Education and Workforce Committee advances bills on campus antisemitism, labor mobility and health cost transparency

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House Education and Workforce Committee marked up 11 bills, including H.R. 8476 requiring K-12 and higher-ed institutions to rigorously address antisemitism under Title VI.
H.R. 4795 would block federal funds from universities permitting discriminatory boycott campaigns against Israel, while H.R. 9203 mandates transparency and standards for Title VI investigations.
H.R. 2332, the SHARE Act, seeks to streamline interstate licensure for health professionals by improving access to federal background-check data, aiming to mitigate health care labor shortages.

Committee agenda spans education and workforce measures

As reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Chairman Tim Walberg says the panel is marking up 11 bills covering antisemitism in education, student freedom of association, interstate professional licensing, federal workers' compensation oversight, workforce data collection and health care cost transparency.

Walberg says the first three bills focus on antisemitism in schools and colleges. He says H.R. 8476, the No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026, would require federally funded K-12 districts and higher education institutions to address antisemitism with the same rigor applied to other discrimination barred by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

He also says H.R. 4795, the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act, would block federal funds from supporting universities that allow discriminatory boycott campaigns targeting Israel or Israel-related individuals, organizations and businesses. H.R. 9203, the Student Protection and University Accountability Act, would increase transparency around Title VI investigations, set minimum standards for those procedures and require congressional briefings on such cases.

Student rights, labor access and health oversight in focus

The committee is also considering two higher education bills on student association rights. H.R. 2555, the Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2025, would protect students' ability to form and join single-sex organizations and would bar colleges from penalizing students or groups on that basis, while H.R. 5505, the Equal Campus Access Act of 2025, would require public colleges receiving federal student aid to treat religious student groups the same as other campus organizations.

Beyond campus policy, the markup includes the SHARE Act, H.R. 2332, which aims to improve interstate licensure compacts by helping state licensing boards obtain federal background-check information needed for compact-based licenses or practice privileges. Walberg says the bill would help address labor shortages, particularly in health care occupations.

The package also includes H.R. 4122, the Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025, which would allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to order care for current and former Department of Energy workers covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, within state scope-of-practice rules. Two additional bills, H.R. 8822 and H.R. 8823, address integrity, care standards and provider accountability in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act program.

Our earlier coverage of a federal court injunction on student-loan borrowing caps explained how a judge temporarily blocked the Education Department’s narrower definition of “professional” programs for graduate lending. The order kept higher lifetime borrowing limits available for advanced nursing and other healthcare-related degrees as legal challenges moved forward, reflecting concerns that tighter caps could worsen provider shortages.

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