<p><strong>College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability Act of 2025 or the COLUMBIA Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to appoint third-party anti-Semitism monitors at certain institutions of higher education (IHEs). Specifically, ED must establish this program to appoint a monitor at an IHE that (1) has a high incidence of anti-Semitic activity (based on data received from ED's Office for Civil Rights), and (2) receives federal funds for higher education.&nbsp;</p><p>ED must develop an anti-Semitism monitorship agreement that (1) designates the terms and conditions of the monitorship, and (2) requires the&nbsp;IHE to provide for the monitor's reasonable expenses.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill requires the monitor to</p><ul><li>operate under the monitorship agreement developed by ED and entered into with the IHE;&nbsp;</li><li>provide publicly available quarterly reports that evaluate the IHE's progress in combating&nbsp;anti-Semitism on campus; and</li><li>provide annual reports to Congress, ED, state and local governments (as needed), and the IHE that include recommendations for actions, policies, and sanctions to prevent and reduce anti-Semitism at the IHE.</li></ul>