Capital District Times

House Republican Conference Chairwoman and senior member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, Elise Stefanik, recently joined CBS’s Nikole Killion to discuss the congressional investigation into antisemitism in K-12 education. This discussion also touched on her questioning of New York City Department of Education Chancellor David Banks.

Stefanik shared her concerns about antisemitic attacks within public schools. "It's a crisis in some of our public schools as well. You saw the tough questioning I had for the Chancellor of the New York City public school system, where you have antisemitic attacks against teachers, against Jewish students, and a lack of accountability," she said. She further emphasized that it is not just a higher education crisis but is also prevalent in K-12 education.

The congresswoman underscored the importance of congressional hearings in holding institutions accountable for failures in leadership. "There are going to continue to be hearings on a lot of this crisis. The next group of schools we have coming in are Northwestern, UCLA, and Michigan where there's been a failure of leadership," Stefanik said.

She also spoke about holding K-12 school principals accountable for antisemitism. "You know, I think, in the case of where there is a failure of the principals to deliver accountability, there needs to be not just shifting them to another part of the Department of Education; they need to be fired," Stefanik asserted.