PHOENIX -- Arizona lawmakers are one vote away from adopting legislation to allow lawsuits against individual teachers by those who contend they are teaching or promoting antisemitism.
And HB 2867 would create the first-of-its-kind law in Arizona that would make them personally liable for financial damages sought by the person who sues.
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