Biden administration seeks to rescind Trump-era rule about faith on campus

Does a Trump-era rule protect religious belief of students at public colleges and universities or cause discrimination against some attending them?

The Biden administration’s Education Department has recommended rescinding a portion of the so-called Free Inquiry Rule related to that religious freedom debate within institutions of higher education.

“The Department proposes to rescind the regulations because they are not necessary to protect the First Amendment right to free speech and free exercise of religion; have created confusion among institutions; and prescribe an unduly burdensome role for the Department to investigate allegations regarding IHE’s treatment of religious student organizations,” it said in an announcement last month.